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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.
Articles

Memorable Songs for Valentine’s Day

TJ Nelson February 9, 2011 No Comments

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and love is in the air. If you’ve set your plans and have lined up the flowers, chocolates,…

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Album reviews

Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole’s World

TJ Nelson February 4, 2011 1 Comment

Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole Facing Future (Mountain Apple Company BBCD5901, 1993), Alone in IZ World (Mountain Apple Company BBCD5907, 2001), and Wonderful World (Mountain Apple Company…

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Obituaries

Country Music Hall of Fame Singer and Guitarist Charlie Louvin Dies

TJ Nelson January 27, 2011 1 Comment

Country singer and musician Charlie Louvin passed away at his home in Wartrace, Tennessee on Wednesday, January 26, 2011. The 83-year old died after battling…

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Album reviews

Stratospheric Latin jazz

TJ Nelson January 27, 2011 No Comments

Paquito D’Rivera and his Panamericana Orchestra Panamericana Suite (MCG Jazz, 20100 Recorded live at Pittsburgh’s Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Paquito D’Rivera’s Panamericana Suite spirits away the…

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Album reviews

Stunning Low Country Blues

TJ Nelson January 22, 2011 No Comments

Gregg Allman Low Country Blues (Rounder, 2011) With a musical career that includes a stunning bevy of recordings, a founding membership in one of the…

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A call to the musical Soul

TJ Nelson January 13, 2011 1 Comment

Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul call (Soul Chants Music, 2010) Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon’s silky smooth vocals on her release Om Namo Narayanaya: Om…

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Sublimely Introspective and Slyly Intricate

TJ Nelson January 4, 2011 No Comments

Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal Chamber Music (Six Degrees Records 657036117129, 2011) At first glance Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Ségal…

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General News

Holiday Shopping Choices for the Global Music Fan, World Music Central 2010 Gift Guide

TJ Nelson December 14, 2010 No Comments

Here we are once again on the brink of the holiday season, staring goggle-eyed into the candy cane colored abyss while an endless loop of…

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Interviews

Interview with Australian Blues Guitar Sensation Claude Hay

TJ Nelson December 13, 2010 No Comments

On your latest recording Deep Fried Satisfied you kick out some powerfully meaty blues music, but you’ve snuck in some rock, Southern rock, Bayou blues,…

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Album reviews

Deep Fried Blues

TJ Nelson December 12, 2010 No Comments

Claude Hay Deep Fried Satisfied (Ingot Rock, 2010) If I had to guess the only box Claude Hay ever put himself in was one that…

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