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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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Sarazino’s Grooves

TJ Nelson October 15, 2009 No Comments

Sarazino Ya Foy! (Cumbancha, 2009) Ya Foy!, meaning "no problem" in the West African language of Baule, certainly sums up Sarazino’s latest out on the…

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Walking Along the Cutting Edge

TJ Nelson October 10, 2009 No Comments

Abbas Premjee Elements (Fire Records, 2008) Elements, released in Pakistan in 2008, is the debut CD of composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Abbas Premjee. Exploring North…

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Extraordinary Folktronica

TJ Nelson October 7, 2009 No Comments

Valravn Koder på snor (VME, 2009) Self described as Danish/Faorese folktronic, Koder på snor, the second release by the group Valravn, is a musical fantasy…

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Afghan Rising Stars

TJ Nelson September 30, 2009 No Comments

Various Artists Afghan Star (Silver Screen Records, 2009) The soundtrack to the film Afghan Star, a documentary following four contestants participating in Afghanistan’s television’s talent…

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Lushly Smooth

TJ Nelson September 29, 2009 No Comments

Ithamara Koorax and Juarez Moreira Bim Bom: The Complete Joao Gilberto Songbook (Motéma Music, 2009) In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Brazilian guitarist João…

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Tinariwen’s Desert Blues, a Force of Nature

TJ Nelson September 17, 2009 No Comments

Tinariwen Imidiwan: Companions (World Village) The desert blues men and women of Tinariwen are back with their latest CD Imidiwan: Companions, set for release October…

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Khaled’s Electrifying Vibrancy

TJ Nelson August 18, 2009 No Comments

Khaled Liberté (Wrasse Records) Khaled, the King of Raï, is back with an emotional explosive collection of songs. Liberté, set for release on August 25…

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Latvia’s Shortest Night

TJ Nelson August 13, 2009 No Comments

Iļģi Īsākās nakts dziesmas [Songs of the Shortest Night] (Platforma Music, 2009) You know what your problem is? You don’t have enough Latvian folk in…

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Remarkable Journey

TJ Nelson August 5, 2009 No Comments

Soname Plateau (World Village, 2009) Soname Yangchen’s journey would be considered remarkable with having been born in Chinese-controlled Tibet, separated from her family and surviving…

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The Mughams of Sari Gelin Ensemble

TJ Nelson August 3, 2009 No Comments

Sari Gelin Ensemble Music from Azerbaijan (ARC Music, 2009) Elegantly intricate as the most extravagantly patterned embroidery, the CD Music from Azerbaijan by the Sari…

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