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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.
Paco de Lucia:  The Montreux Years
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The Montreux Years Amplifies Paco de Lucia’s Genius as a Musician

TJ Nelson June 30, 2023 No Comments Flamencoflamenco guitarPaco de Luciaworld fusionworld music

Paco de Lucia – Paco de Lucia:  The Montreux Years (BMG, 2023) Guitarist, composer, and producer Paco de Lucia once said, “You must understand that…

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Jouhiorkesteri
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Artist Profiles: Jouhiorkesteri

TJ Nelson January 4, 2023 No Comments FinlandFinnish musicjouhikkoJouhiorkesteriworld music

Jouhiorkesteri released their debut-CD Nikodemus in May 2008. Jouhiorkesteri – the Horse-Hair Orchestra – made a moving CD, where an old and forgotten instrument has…

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Staff Benda Bilili
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Artist Profiles: Staff Benda Bilili

TJ Nelson December 25, 2022 No Comments Congolese musicStaff Benda Bililiworld fusionworld music

Staff Benda Bilili are like nothing you have ever seen or heard before. They are a group of homeless and disabled musicians, who live in…

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Speed Caravan
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Artist Profiles: Speed Caravan

TJ Nelson December 24, 2022 No Comments Algerian musicoudSpeed Caravanudworld fusionworld music

Speed Caravan was founded in 2005 by Algerian French ud player Mehdi Haddab and bass player Pascal “Pasco” Teillet. On the compelling fusion album “Kalashnik…

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Oliver Nayoka playing guitar
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Artist Profiles: Oliver Nayoka

TJ Nelson June 23, 2022 No Comments African musicelectric guitarHighlifeIgbo HighlifeNigeriaNigerian musicOliver Nayoka

Hailing from Ekwulummili, Nigeria, the self-taught guitarist, composer and singer Oliver Nayoka launched his musical career playing guitar in churches throughout the Anambra State.  Facing…

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Artist Profiles: Zabit Nabizade Trio

TJ Nelson June 20, 2020 No Comments AzerbaijanAzerbaijani musicZabit Nabizade

Zabit Nabizade was born in 1965 in Shikhzahirli, Shamakhi region, Azerbaijan (former USSR).. He is a teacher at the National Conservatory of Azerbaijan and represents…

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Articles Gifts

World Music Central’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide, Day 8

TJ Nelson December 11, 2019 No Comments gift guideguitar belt buckleguitar braceletukulele

Final day of our 2019 Musical Gift Guide. Check out our previous 2019 musical gift guides: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day…

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World Music Central’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide, Day 7

TJ Nelson December 10, 2019 No Comments didjeriduelectronicsgift guide

Check out our previous 2019 musical gift guides: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5. and Day 6.

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World Music Central’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide, Day 6

TJ Nelson December 9, 2019 No Comments gift guidemusical toys

Check out our previous 2019 musical gift guides: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5.

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World Music Central’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide, Day 5

TJ Nelson December 8, 2019 No Comments gift guidekalimbamusic softwaremusical instrumentsworld music

Check out our previous 2019 musical gift guides: Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 and Day 4.

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