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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

African Reggae Revolution

TJ Nelson September 15, 2011 No Comments

Tiken Jah Fakoly African Revolution (Indie Europe/Zoom, 2011) I consider reggae one of those wonderfully sly genres where powerful messages are entwined with bright, feel…

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Obituaries

Grandfather of Bluegrass Dies

TJ Nelson September 14, 2011 No Comments

Many in the American bluegrass and country music community are mourning the death of Wade Mainer. Called the Grandfather of bluegrass, the famed banjo player…

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Rock the Tabla Dream Comes True

TJ Nelson August 31, 2011 No Comments Egyptian musicHossam Ramzypercussion

Hossam Ramzy and Various Artists Rock The Tabla (ARC Music, 2011) So rarely in life we are given exactly what we want. For musicians those…

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New Tuvan Directions

TJ Nelson August 27, 2011 2 Comments

Alash Ensemble Buura (CDBY, 2011) Okay, I just admit a little quirk of mine right here – I can’t help myself when it comes to…

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Polished Desert Blues

TJ Nelson August 26, 2011 No Comments

Tinariwen Tassili (Anti, 2011) Anyone who has followed CD reviews for any length of time here at World Music Central knows that desert blues is…

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Majestic Haitian Roots

TJ Nelson August 24, 2011 No Comments

The Creole Choir of Cuba Tande-La (Real World, 2010/USA: 2011) The power packed Tande-La is a spiritual soaked, rip-roaring, riotous musical punch straight to the…

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Arabic Music Inside Out

TJ Nelson August 19, 2011 No Comments

Tareq Abboushi & Shusmo Mumtastic (Shusmo.com, 2011) Palestinian pianist and buzuq player Tareq Abboushi along with his co-conspirators that make up Shusmo have turned Arabic…

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Swept Away by Syriana

TJ Nelson August 12, 2011 No Comments

Syriana The Road to Damascus (Real World, 2011) It’s impossible not to be swept away on the opening strains of Real World’s The Road to…

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Intriguing cross pollination

TJ Nelson August 9, 2011 No Comments

The Taal Tantra Experience Sixth Sense (Ozella Music, 2011) Set for release August 9th, Sixth Sense draws listeners into the musical amalgam that is The…

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Hard-edged Blues Dream

TJ Nelson August 2, 2011 No Comments

Moreland & Arbuckle Just a Dream (Telarc International, 2011) Grab keys, your sunglasses and forget the map because guitarist Aaron Moreland and vocalist/harpist Dustin Arbuckle…

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