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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

Masterful and Reverent Vietnamese Zither

TJ Nelson April 17, 2019 No Comments Tri NguyenVietnamese musiczither

Tri Nguyen – The Art of the Vietnamese Zither (ARC Music, 2019) Okay, I know what you’re thinking. You see the title The Art of…

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Alluring Musical Journey to the Middle East

TJ Nelson April 15, 2019 No Comments Dastan EnsembleHossam RamzyMiddle Eastern musicZein Al-Jundi

Various Artists – Journey to the Middle East (ARC Music, 2019) Everyone knows that the tin with an assortment of cookies is just so much…

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Refugees for Refugees, Pooling Global Musical Talent

TJ Nelson April 12, 2019 No Comments Middle Eastern musicrefugeesRefugees for Refugeesworld fusionworld music

Refugees for Refugees – Amina (Muziekpublique, 2019) It’s become fairly standard to sum up a person’s life in a single moment. We catch a glimpse…

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Shamanic Sonic Paradise

TJ Nelson April 5, 2019 No Comments global electronicanew agePoranguíShamanic musicworld fusion

Poranguí – Poranguí (Sol Creation Records, 2019) The Sol Creation Records release Poranguí is where fantastical rhythms rise from the earth, where vocals dive off…

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2019 St. Patrick’s Day Music

TJ Nelson March 14, 2019 No Comments Celtic musicCeltic WomanSt. Patrick's Day musicTannahill WeaversTejedorThe Gloaming

So, here we are. We’ve come to that time of year when I have this sudden insane desire to rip paper shamrocks from the walls…

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Umut Adan’s Psychedelic Folk-Rock Vibe

TJ Nelson March 8, 2019 No Comments psychedeliaTurkish musicUmut Adan

Umut Adan – Bahar (Riverboat Records, 2019) Crafting a kind of homage recording can be tricky business, especially if you is paying reverence to a…

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Houssam Gania’s Trance Ritual Music

TJ Nelson February 28, 2019 No Comments Gnawa musicHoussam GaniaMoroccan music

Houssam Gania – Mosawi Swiri (Hive Mind Records, 2019) Sometimes the best music is the result of misery. Think about it, a good number of…

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Bassekou Kouyate’s Impeccably Crafted Music

TJ Nelson February 14, 2019 No Comments Bassekou KouyateMalian musicngoni

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba – Miri (Out Here Records, 2019) Over the years Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba have dazzled fans with recordings like…

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The Blistering Scrumptious Sound of Kel Assouf

TJ Nelson January 30, 2019 No Comments desert bluesKel AssoufKel Tamashek musicTuareg music

Kel Assouf – Black Tenere (Glitterbeat Records, 2019) World music fans looking for a desert blues/rock fix get their wish on February 15th with the…

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Urna and Kroke, a Well-Designed Collaboration

TJ Nelson January 18, 2019 No Comments KrokeUrnaworld music

Urna and Kroke – Ser (Urna Chahar-Tugchi / Uct, 2018) One would think that teaming up a singer born to nomadic herders on the Ordos…

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