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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

Burning Heart of a Blueswoman

TJ Nelson February 22, 2009 No Comments

Shemekia Copeland Never Going Back (Telarc Blues, 2009) More often than not it’s the bluesmen that attract a lot of attention in the music world.…

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Mythical Journey

TJ Nelson February 18, 2009 No Comments

Ancient Future Planet Passion: Mythical Stories of Love Around the World (Ancient Future Music, 2009) The sumptuously crafted, exotic fusion extravaganza Planet Passion by Ancient…

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Putumayo Presents India

TJ Nelson February 14, 2009 No Comments

Various Artists Putumayo Presents: India (Putumayo World Music, 2009) Putumayo World Music has embraced the kaleidoscope of colors of India with its upcoming release of…

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Beacon of Hope

TJ Nelson February 12, 2009 No Comments

Multiple Artists Music Crossroads Interregional Festival 2008 Malawi (Jeunesses Musicales International, 2008) For 13 years the Music Crossroads Interregional Festival has reached out to thousands…

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Obituaries

Legendary Bassist Cachaito Dies

TJ Nelson February 10, 2009 No Comments

  Many in the music world are mourning the loss of Cuban bassist Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez. Mr. Lopez died Monday, February 9, 2009 in a…

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Deliciously Inviting Lal Meri

TJ Nelson February 4, 2009 No Comments Lal Meri

Lal Meri Lal Meri (Six Degrees, 2009) The hip, savvy sound of Lal Meri sizzles from the outset of their self-titled debut CD. Pooling the…

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Alluring Rokia

TJ Nelson January 30, 2009 No Comments

[image1_left]Rokia Traoré Tchamantché (Nonesuch Records, 2009) Singer, songwriter and musician Rokia Traoré has followed up her critically-acclaimed CD Bowmboï with the evocatively rich Tchamantché out…

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Reelroad Gets Around

TJ Nelson January 24, 2009 No Comments

Reelroad Гуляю, Гуляю – I Get Around (2007) There’s nothing like a little light-hearted folk music to liven up the cold, dark days of winter,…

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Untamed Nordic Folk

TJ Nelson January 15, 2009 No Comments

Valravn Valravn (The Orchard/Gateway Music, 2008) Folk fans looking for something different might want to check out the group Valravn and their self-titled CD. This…

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Powerful and Fearless English Folk

TJ Nelson January 8, 2009 No Comments

Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns (Real World Records, 2008) Alternating between hauntingly lovely and delightfully quirky, The Bairns, the second album by Rachel…

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