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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

An Explosive Re-Imagining of Chinese folk Music

TJ Nelson January 15, 2014 No Comments

Shanren Left Foot Dance of the Yi and Other Chinese Folk Rock Anthems (Riverboat Records/World Music Network, 2014) Louis Armstrong slyly pointed out that, “All…

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A Pleasure Journey into the World of Mali’s Kayes Region

TJ Nelson January 13, 2014 No Comments

Tiecoro Sissoko Keme Borama (Kanga System Krush, 2013) Set for release on February 4th on the Kanga System Krush, Keme Borama features guitarist and griot…

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A Rip-Roaring Ride Full of Gypsy Jazz and Meaty Balkan Brass

TJ Nelson January 6, 2014 No Comments

Adrian Raso and Fanfare Ciocarlia Devil’s Tale (Asphalt Tango Records, 2013) Admittedly I’m an easy mark for Gypsy Django Reinhardt/French Manouche style music, but the…

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Inspired Music That Turns Inside Out the Possibilities of Indian music

TJ Nelson January 3, 2014 No Comments

Sheela Bringi Incantations (White Swan Records, 2014) Indian American singer and multi-instrumentalist Sheela Bringi says of her musical training under classical Indian teachers G.S Sachdev…

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2013 World Music Gift Guide: Software, Miscellaneous Gifts and Music Charities

TJ Nelson December 8, 2013 No Comments

Okay, now music making software might be the perfect gift for the budding musician or recording studio novice. Offerings include Sony ACID Music Studio 9,…

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2013 World Music Gift Guide: Books

TJ Nelson December 7, 2013 No Comments

For some really fortunate reason there were a good many books on music this year. The range varies from the purely academic to the business…

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2013 World Music Gift Guide: Concert and Educational DVDs

TJ Nelson December 6, 2013 No Comments

Any of you who’ve checked out our holiday gift guide know my penchant for encouraging giving musical instruments as gifts. There’s no better way to…

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2013 World Music Gift Guide: Electronics

TJ Nelson December 5, 2013 No Comments

Got your mug of coffee, tea or hot cocoa? Got on your fuzzy bunny slippers and your Hello Kitty bathrobe? Is your room filled with…

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Obituaries

King of Congolese Rumba Tabu Ley Rochereau Dies at 76

TJ Nelson December 2, 2013 No Comments

The revered Congolese soukous singer and songwriter Tabu Ley Rochereau has died. Mr. Rochereau passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the Brussels St. Luc…

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Holiday Music Selections for 2013

TJ Nelson November 28, 2013 No Comments

Looking to make the holiday season all shiny and bright with a little world music? Well, we’ve got the goods on the goodies this year.…

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