Du-Sems Ensemble Traditional Turkish Sufi Music (ARC Music, 2013) Dipping an ear into the intoxicating world of Sufi music is easy with ARC Music’s release…
Traditional Turkish Sufi Music
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.
Two Equally Captivating Approaches to the Fado
Amalia Rodrigues – The Queen of Fado II (ARC Music, 2012) Maria Ana Bobone – Fado & Piano (ARC Music, 2013) There are two luscious…
A New Meeting Place for Indian Classical Music and Western Styled Jazz
Saffron Dawning (Palmetto Records, 2012) Melding the considerable talents of singer Katayoun Goudarzi, pianist Kevin Hays, sitar player and vocalist Shujaat Husain Khan, tabla player…
World Music Central’s 2012 Gift Guide
It’s that time of year again when World Music Central gives up the goods for our Holiday Gift Guide. We’ve found a boatload of new…
The Egyptian Project
The Egyptian Project Ya Amar (Six Degrees Records, 2012) Haunting and soul stirring, French producer and argul player Jerome Ettinger along with sound engineers Jean…
Cinema El Mundo
Lo’Jo – Cinema El Mundo (World Village, 2012) Lo’Jo’s Cinema El Mundo is in need of an elegant chaise lounge so that she may gaze…
Sephardic Musical Essence of Toledo
Ana Alcaide La Cantiga del Fuego (ARC Music, 2012) Fans of Celtic powerhouse Enya’s early work will likely dip into Spanish singer, songwriter and musician…
West African Traditions with European Shine
Ba Cissoko Nimissa (Cristal Records, 2012) With recording like Seno, Sabolan and Electric Griot Land to his credit, Ba Cissoko is back with one cool,…
Jazzy Take on World Music
Muntu Valdo The One & The Many (Warner Jazz, 2011) Fans looking for a jazzy take on world music should look no further than Muntu…
Emotional Force
Shemekia Copeland 33 1/3 (Telarc International, 2012) Smoother than a couple of belts of brand named booze, better than a midnight ride in a fast…