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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.
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Mysterious Duality

TJ Nelson December 11, 2010 No Comments

Jayanthi Kumaresh Mysterious Duality Just Me (EarthSync, 2010) Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh’s Mysterious Duality, out on the EarthSync label, is one giant leap into the ethereal…

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Saba’s Wonderland

TJ Nelson July 14, 2010 No Comments

Bassam Saba Wonderful Land (Bassam Saba, 2009) Lebanese musician and composer Bassam Saba has stepped to the forefront with his debut recording Wonderful Land and…

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Folk Rock Wonderland

TJ Nelson July 10, 2010 No Comments

Den Fule Halling I Köket (Footprint Records) Fans of the Swedish folk rock scene bided their time through the long 10-year hiatus now have Den…

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Murgai’s Explorations

TJ Nelson July 8, 2010 1 Comment

Neel Murgai Ensemble Neel Murgai Ensemble (Innova Records, 2010) Every once in a while a CD shreds every fusion you thought possible. That’s where Neel…

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Mande Enchantment

TJ Nelson July 6, 2010 No Comments Bako DagnonMalian music

Bako Dagnon Sidiba (Syllart Productions/Discograph, 2010) Bako Dagnon’s Sidiba is one of those feel good CDs out of Mali that shimmers with West Africa’s rich…

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Gypsy Fishtank

TJ Nelson July 4, 2010 No Comments

Fishtank Ensemble Woman In Sin (Fishtank Ensemble, 2010) Fresh and flirty, clever and quirky, Fishtank Ensemble’s Woman In Sin is a veritable boatload of fabulous.…

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The Real Ravi Shankar

TJ Nelson July 2, 2010 No Comments

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar – Nine Decades Vol. 1 167-1968 (East Meets West Music, 2010) Okay, if you were Ravi Shankar and you, family and…

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Persian Pulses

TJ Nelson June 11, 2010 No Comments

Ramin Rahimi & Friends The Pulse of Persia: Iranian Rhythms – Global Influences (ARC Music, 2010) All right all you percussion junkies, Ramin Rahimi has…

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Curacaoan Expressions

TJ Nelson June 9, 2010 No Comments

Oswin Chin Behilia Liber (Otrabanda Records, 2010) Oswin Chin Behilia’s Liber is bright and breezy as a warm Caribbean breeze and utterly effervescent as a…

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Obituaries

Malian Guitarist Lobi Traoré Dies

TJ Nelson June 4, 2010 No Comments

The music world has been stunned by the death of the Malian guitarist Lobi Traoré. Mr. Traoré died on June 1, 2010 in Bamako, Mali.…

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