About a month ago I made an editorial decision not to run a story. I’ve been kicking myself ever since. Toward the end of the…
Big Ideals and Puny Brains
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.
Renowned Irish Singer Tommy Makem Dies at 74
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The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Hypnotic Indian Chants that Elevate the Spirit
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A Luring Guide to Africa and the Middle East
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Thoughts About Censorship for Music Freedom Day 2007
With Freemuse’s global forum on censorship, Music Freedom Day 2007, right around the corner, I’ve been pondering over the idea of censorship. The idea of…
Recording Industry Group Launches Settlement Campaign to Universities
In a bold move to quash illegal music file sharing, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) stated on Thursday, March 1, 2007 it would…