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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

Mekong Global Surf

TJ Nelson May 10, 2008

Dengue Fever Venus on Earth (M 80 Music, 2008) Wickedly original, Dengue Fever’s third album Venus on Earth is an East meets West pop extravaganza,…

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Persuasive Lure into a World of Wonder

TJ Nelson May 8, 2008

Biomusique The 10,000 Steps  (Kosmic Music, 2008) Combining the talents of singer/songwriter Lisbeth Scott, known for her musical collaborations on such movies as The Chronicles…

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Haale’s Dark, Downtown Club Sound

TJ Nelson May 3, 2008

Haale Gafori No Ceiling (Channel A Music, 2008) Haale Gafori’s No Ceiling out on Channel A Music is big step off the beaten path of…

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Dark, Downtown Club Sound

TJ Nelson May 3, 2008

Haale Gafori No Ceiling (Channel A Music, 2008) Haale Gafori’s No Ceiling out on Channel A Music is big step off the beaten path of…

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Creative Musical Consciousness of Tsunami-Hit Lands

TJ Nelson April 30, 2008

Various Artists Laya Project (Earth Sync) In 2004 a gigantic wall of water sailed up streets, stormed through villages and ripped away homes, livelihoods and…

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Sensational Knowledge Embodying Culture Through Japanese Dance

TJ Nelson April 26, 2008

Ethnomusicologist and dancer Tomie Hahn delves into the process of immersing oneself and incorporating the cultural knowledge of the nihon buyo, the traditional Japanese dance…

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Masterful Boleros from Buena Vista Social Club Diva

TJ Nelson April 25, 2008

Omara Portuondo Lágrimas Negras – Canciones y Boleros (Yemaya Records, 2005) Kudos go to the Spanish label Yemayá Records for the 2-disc release of Omara…

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Toumani’s Mande Variations

TJ Nelson April 14, 2008

Toumani Diabate The Mande Variations (Nonesuch, 2008) Son of Sidiki Diabate, one the most celebrated kora players , Toumani Diabate has blazed a career worthy…

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Irrepressibly Charming

TJ Nelson April 14, 2008

Rupa & The April Fishes Extraordinary Rendition (Cumbancha, 2008) The San Francisco-based Rupa & The April Fishes’ release of their debut recording Extraordinary Rendition on…

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Reissue CDs Revisit Wildly Infectious Rhythms

TJ Nelson April 12, 2008 Mickey Hartpercussion

On the eve of famed Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s upcoming 20-city tour this summer with guitarist Steve Kimock, bassist George Porter, Jr.,vocalist Jen Durkin…

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