Tony Allen Film of Life (Jazz Village, 2014) A drummer and musical director for Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s band Africa 70 for more than 10 years…
A Delicious Bite On Afrobeat
Author: TJ Nelson
TJ Nelson is a regular CD reviewer and editor at World Music Central. She is also a fiction writer. Check out her latest book, Chasing Athena's Shadow.
Set in Pineboro, North Carolina, Chasing Athena's Shadow follows the adventures of Grace, an adult literacy teacher, as she seeks to solve a long forgotten family mystery. Her charmingly dysfunctional family is of little help in her quest. Along with her best friends, an attractive Mexican teacher and an amiable gay chef, Grace must find the one fading memory that holds the key to why Grace’s great-grandmother, Athena, shot her husband on the courthouse steps in 1931.
Traversing the line between the Old South and New South, Grace will have to dig into the past to uncover Athena’s true crime.
Sheer Joyfulness of Folk Tunes from the Globe
Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho Our World in Song – An Odyssey of Musical Treasures (Wind Music, 2014) So, a Chinese pipa player,…
The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar
Various Artists The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar (World Music Network, 2014) Dipping into the heady world of flamenco guitar can be a little daunting…
Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s Sizzling, Roiling, Blistering Ride on the Blues
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Goin’ Home (Concord, 2014) Seething with hard-driving rhythms, low-slung riffs, meaty turns of phrase and enough slick, sharp-edged guitar lines to please…
Deliciously Nuanced and Smartly Worked Rain Plans
Israel Nash Rain Plans (Loose/Thirty Tigers, 2014) Music fans wanting to dip into the sounds of Americana might want to give a listen to Israel…
Deeply Moving Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo
Nawa Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo (Electric Cowbell Records, 2014) Jason Hamacher of Lost Origin Productions is on a mission – to…
Unity Concert to Bring Together Folk, Jazz and Indigenous Musicians in Support of The Great Sioux Nation
The call has come from Earthdance The Global Festival for Peace for donors, activists, volunteers and for like-minded folks to take part in the two-day…
A Valuable History Lesson on Peruvian Rock Music
Various Artists Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych in Peru’s Radical Decade (Tiger’s Milk Records, 2014) Once upon a time rock guitarists, bassists and drummers…
Flawless Improvisations on Tibetan Buddhist Hymns
Tsering Tan and Zhang Xiaoyin The Snow Lotus: Improvisations on Tibetan Buddhist Hymns (Rhymoi Music, 2014) Unless you are a hermit just down from the…
Brazen and Spunky Bombay Rickey
Bombay Rickey Cinefonia (Cowboys & Indian, 2014) Okay, take a coloratura soprano with an interest in Hindustani music who sidelines as a cartoon voice-over actress,…