Roots music: what in the world next? | Open thread

DJ Charlie Gillett has died, yet the world music he championed lives on more vigorously than ever. What do you recommend?Good news and sad news for roots music. Good news for the traditional Cornish band from Port Isaac, Fisherman's Friend, whose repertoire of folk songs and sea shanties has just landed the group a £1m recording contract.Sad news that radio DJ and author Charlie Gillett has died aged 68. He was a pioneer who championed and helped to popularise many of what have become the big...

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