Very sad to hear of the death of the great Charlie Gillett today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/17/charlie-gillett-obituary His book "The Sound of the City" was the history of R&B that really opened my ears to a lot of music. And on his radio programmes in London he invented the concept of "World Music" - when he first played Bulgarian choral singing it totally stopped me in my tracks. After John Peel and Tony Wilson he is the third northern aural entrepreneur to die early. It's a shame.
The photo is the last from the Selby ride
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