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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.
Album reviews

Soul of the Soulman

TJ Nelson August 18, 2015 No Comments

Wee Willie Walker If Nothing Ever Changes (Little Village Foundation, 2015) Do-overs are a rare thing in life. Likewise, we might sit and politely listen…

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Beyond the Steel Pan Stereotype

TJ Nelson August 5, 2015 No Comments

Rudy Smith What Pan Did for Me (Caprice Records, 2015) Steel pans. Evoke musical images of a slick band of dressed in brightly colored shirts…

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Obituaries

Gnawa Musician Mahmoud Guinia Has Died

TJ Nelson August 4, 2015 No Comments

Gnawa sintir musician and pioneer Mahmoud Guinia passed away Sunday, August 2nd after a prolonged illness. Mr. Guinia was 64. Considered the Godfather of Gnawan…

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Global Friendly Daby Toure

TJ Nelson July 27, 2015 No Comments

Daby Toure Amonafi (Cumbancha, 2015) Set for release on September 18th on the Cumbancha label, Amonafi is Mauritanian born and Senegal raised Daby Toure’s sweet,…

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An Intricate Classical-Folk Machine

TJ Nelson July 21, 2015 No Comments

Spiro Welcome Joy Welcome Sorrow (Real World, 2015) Sometimes there is just no practical description for some of the recordings that cross my desk. Sometimes…

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Lavish World of Middle Eastern Flavors

TJ Nelson July 19, 2015 No Comments

Niyaz Fourth Light (Six Degrees Records, 2015) Dipping into a dense world filled with the strains of oud, santur and rabab, labyrinthine rhythms, delicious electronica…

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Sheer Skill and Pure Passion

TJ Nelson July 16, 2015 No Comments

Mr. Sun The People Need Light (Compass Records, 2015) It’s always been my belief that the best recordings out there are the ones where the…

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Obituaries

Celebrated blues and soul singer Mighty Sam McClain Dies at 72

TJ Nelson June 16, 2015 3 Comments

  American blues and soul singer Mighty Sam McClain died on June 16, 2015. The 72 year-old Grammy nominated artist suffered a stroke and passed…

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Interviews

Interview with Kora Maestro Seckou Keita

TJ Nelson June 7, 2015 No Comments

  Seckou Keita, from southern Senegal, is one of the most prominent Kora players of his generation. His heritage on his father’s side is the…

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Sharply Fresh and Cleverly Savvy SES

TJ Nelson May 23, 2015 No Comments

SES Tronzar Os Valos (Folmusica, 2015) Hailing from Galicia’s emerging music scene, the Spanish singer, songwriter and kick ass rocker SES, not to be confused…

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