BBC Radio London DJ Charlie Gillett has compiled a new collection of international music to be dedicated to former Clash frontman Joe Strummer. 'World 2003: Music Without Frontiers' includes Joe Strummer and his band the Mescaleros' Mondo Bongo alongside 34 other tracks, including music Orchestra Baobab, Manu Chao, Mariza, Samira Sa1id, Ellika & Solo, Uzbekistanian vocalist Sevara Nazarkhan, Canadian trio Be Good Tanyas, Tuscon, America's Calexico and the UK-based Temple Of Sound.
The influences are said to range from West African folk, traditional Uzbekistan song, French, Spanish, Italian, Senegalese, Algerian, Nigerian, Turkish, Pakistani, Iraqi, Portugese, Egyptian, Russian, Kenyan, Slovakian, Malian, Mexican, Cuban and Brazilian.
Gillett said: "World music keeps growing, changing its shape, opening itself up to absorb new elements and shifting it's creative centres. World 2003 showcases what it feels like right now."
'World 2003: Music Without Frontiers' is due on 28 Jul on EMI imprint Hemisphere.