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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

Garifuna Music as a Living Musical Form

TJ Nelson June 10, 2013 2 Comments

The Garifuna Collective Ayo (Stonetree/Cumbancha, 2013) It’s been some six years since Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective introduced the world music community to the…

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Dawanggang, a Wild Leap Into The Unknown

TJ Nelson June 4, 2013 No Comments

Dawanggang Wild Tune Stray Rhythm – Huang Qiang Zou Ban (Jaro Medien, 2013) I’m going to be upfront right here in the beginning. If you…

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Moreland & Arbuckle Explore the 7 Cities Myth with Cutting Edge Roots Rock

TJ Nelson May 27, 2013 No Comments

Moreland & Arbuckle 7 Cities (Telarc, 2013) The sheer yumminess of the roots/rock mix of Moreland & Arbuckle’s latest release 7 Cities is by turns…

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True Blues Keeps the Blues Live With Innovation and Collaboration

TJ Nelson May 24, 2013 No Comments

Various Artists True Blues (Telarc, 2013) All right my little blues babies, wake up, rub that crusty sleep from your eyes and pull your pants…

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Explosive Caribbean Infused Creole Jazz

TJ Nelson May 18, 2013 No Comments

Etienne Charles Creole Soul (Culture Shock Music, 2013) Trumpeter Etienne Charles’s Creole Soul isn’t World Music Central’s usual fare, but because our readers are clever,…

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A Rich Tapestry of Musical and Vocal Inspirations

TJ Nelson May 15, 2013 1 Comment

Mircan Minor (UCM Productions, 2012) Music fans will recognize Mircan Kaya from previous recordings like Bizim Ninniler, Kül, Sala, Elixir and Nanni, but this musician,…

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Fun, Depth and Maturity in Ravi Shankar’s Living Room Sessions

TJ Nelson May 11, 2013 No Comments

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar The Living Room Sessions Part 2 (East Meets West Music, 2013) I like knowing that at the age of 91 Ravi…

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Deeply Satisfying Dead Can Dance

TJ Nelson May 8, 2013 No Comments

Dead Can Dance In Concert Dead Can Dance (Pias, 2013) Imagine soaring crystalline vocals that make mere mortals go gooey against rich, exotically layered musical…

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Unique Blend of Pop, Jazz And Brazilian Music

TJ Nelson May 4, 2013 No Comments

Badi Assad Between Love and Luck (Quatro Ventos, 2013) With previous recordings like Rhythms, Echoes of Brazil, Wonderland and Chameleon, Brazilian guitarist, songwriter and vocalist…

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Music for the Inner Landscape

TJ Nelson May 2, 2013 No Comments

Bob Holroyd – In Motion (Sounds True, 2013) Shamans Dream – Prana Pulse (Sounds True, 2013) I’m going to stray from the well-worn world music…

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