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Techung: Tibet; Lam La Che/On The Road (ARC Music)

...Tibetan diaspora which has seen many flee the... ...there are second, third and fourth generation Tibetans who have never seen their homeland but who... ...to that remote country. The politics of Tibet -- and Tibetan Buddhism which has also spread... ...of Buddhism in the country. Techung is a Tibetan who -- like so many -- grew up in Dharamsala... ...music and dance, and holds the banner of Tibet high. After the opening piece recorded at a... ...arrangements -- are the most easy for non-Tibetans to immediately connect with, the real gems... ...on the dramnyen (long necked, five-stringed Tibetan lute). By virtue of their simplicity,... ...rightly or wrongly, many would associate with Tibet. An important but also enjoyable album which...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/6962/techung-tibet-lam-la-che-on-the-road-arc-music/

KIM HEGAN INTERVIEWED (2020): The way, the truth and the life of a Buddhist master

...Lama, Kangyur Rinpoche and his family left Tibet and on a journey which took years – and... ...look at this: 'When the iron bird flies over Tibet the dharma [teaching/truth] will go to the... ...has since become a bit of a cliché in Tibetan Buddhist terms, but as we know the [Chinese]... ...I know that at 4pm every day there will be a Tibetan ceremony and I'll be able to sit there and... ...yet much has also changed: the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism are now much more readily... ...course you fool. It's proven'.” Also the Tibetan diaspora has spread the words and teachings,... ...printed. And what happened to those blocks in Tibet? “The blocks the texts were printed off... ...cafe space, “all appeared again in Tibet. “And they are still in Tibet. They are...

Film at Elsewhere: film/9572/kim-hegan-interviewed-2020-the-way-the-truth-and-the-life-of-a-buddhist-master/

Soname: Plateau (Harmonia Mundi)

...that the world is resigning itself to having a Tibet in the absence of Tibet: holding the notion of... ...and that country being kept alive by the... ...as many would have us believe. Certainly many Tibetans in exile keep the spirituality, religion... ...is perhaps typical of much of the Westernised Tibetan music we are used to: it is scrupulously... ...but retains elements of Tibetan chants, but she also has her own spin behind... ...than those used to more guttural and gutsy Tibetan music. Incidentally, before Soname found... ...as a singer she wrote Child of Tibet about her years in virtual slavery before...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2387/soname-plateau-harmonia-mundi/

South west China: Everybody must get stoned . . .

...to in that part of China which is closer to Tibet than it is Beijing or Shanghai. The main road...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/4952/south-west-china-everybody-must-get-stoned/

RETURN TO GANDHI ROAD, a doco by YESHE HEGAN

...Now think about these great treasures in Tibet in the late Fifties when the Chinese... ...and inevitable annexation of Tibet are endangering monks and their monasteries,... ...the texts which are the cornerstones of Tibetan Buddhism. How to preserve these living... ...that extraordinary mountain landscape between Tibet and India. In a journey lasting three years...

Film at Elsewhere: film/9571/return-to-gandhi-road-a-doco-by-yeshe-hegan/

FILM DIRECTOR KHYENTSE NORBU INTERVIEWED: The cup half full/half empty?

...an incarnation of a famous 19th-century Tibetan spiritual leader who goes by the... ...the young novices and the even less worldly Tibetans who arrive at the lamasery. The Cup depicts... ...advantage of sending a message, one to fellow Tibetans or Bhutanese, saying modernisation is not a... ...the West who have certain preconceptions about Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. They think [Tibetan... ...of these people." Norbu is clearer about Tibet's future than Westerners, who have some... ...past. He says it's important for those in Tibet and Bhutan - which only got limited local... ...his hope that his effort will encourage young Tibetans, especially in the exile communities of... ...own stories. He hasn't had any criticism from Tibetan communities for the film - which depicts a...

Film at Elsewhere: film/2369/film-director-khyentse-norbu-interviewed-the-cup-half-full-half-empty/

South west China: Give me land, lots of land

...– closer to the autonomous region of Tibet than it is to Shanghai or Beijing – is...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/4911/south-west-china-give-me-land-lots-of-land/

Florian Flicke/Popul Vuh: Kailash (Soul Jazz/Southbound)

...of the world's most holy mountains in western Tibet. The DVD of that film -- with music by Fricke...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6944/florian-flicke-popul-vuh-kailash-soul-jazz-southbound/

BILL FAY: CONSIDERED (2020): A calm balm for these hard times

...He was sought out by Jim O'Rourke and David Tibet (of Current 93). Then by Joshua Henry who...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9251/bill-fay-considered-2020-a-calm-balm-for-these-hard-times/

Yungchen Lhamo: One Drop of Kindness (digital outlets)

...been too long since this Tibetan artist appeared at Elsewhere and, although... ...comment from those who like to believe that Tibet in the pre-China era wasn't feudal or divided...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/10862/yungchen-lhamo-one-drop-of-kindness-digital-outlets/

Belvedere Estate, Republic of Ireland: When families fall out

...in life a politician. He secretly entered Tibet in 1905, fought in the Somme, spoke half a...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/6136/belvedere-estate-republic-of-ireland-when-families-fall-out/

IAIN MACMILLAN PHOTOGRAPHER, CREATING AN ICONIC ALBUM COVER (2019): Four for the road

...to float around of the band taking a trip to Tibet for a photoshoot with the mountain as the...

Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/9109/iain-macmillan-photographer-creating-an-iconic-album-cover-2019-four-for-the-road/

THE UNKINDEST CUT: The author, the interview, the sub-editor and me

...From Heaven Lake; Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet, and a poetry novel The Golden Gate, a...

Personal Elsewhere: personal/10840/the-unkindest-cut-the-author-the-interview-the-sub-editor-and-me/

Gunter Herbig: Ex Oriente; Music by GI Gurdjieff (Bis)

...to travels to Afghanistan, Centra Asia and Tibet in search of answers, Gurdjieff – of... ...of Turkey whose music based on travels to Tibet and Central Asia was transcribed by a Russian?...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8914/gunter-herbig-ex-oriente-music-by-gi-gurdjieff-bis/

GETTING HIGH IN CHINA: Don't look down

...River were bridged. We were closer to Lhasa in Tibet than Beijing or Shanghai. But as I say, I...

Personal Elsewhere: personal/10595/getting-high-in-china-dont-look-down/

THE WORLD OF TINTIN. The timeless boy

...Even the Yeti, which appears in Tintin in Tibet, was a result of letters and discussions with...

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/384/the-world-of-tintin-the-timeless-boy/

MARK CROSS PROFILED (2013): The outsider looking outward

...and then on the 13-day route from Lhasa in Tibet to Kathmandu. “I was in a constant state...

Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/5672/mark-cross-profiled-2013-the-outsider-looking-outward/

TRAVELS IN THE TIME OF COVID #12 (2022): Looking at the wider world

...policies which have seen the assimilation of Tibet, the tightened grip on Hong Kong and the...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/10296/travels-in-the-time-of-covid-12-2022-looking-at-the-wider-world/

YUNGCHEN LHAMO INTERVIEWED (1999): The singer as national emblem

...purporting to be sympathisers with the Free Tibet cause who suggested that what I had written... ...Tibet before the Chinese was "unhelpful".... ...and informative Rough Guide to World Music, Tibetan music gets only the briefest mention - and... ...by China since the late 1950s, has ensured Tibetan traditional music has been reduced to almost... ...As with so much Tibetan culture, the music now exists beyond the... ...such as singer Yungchen Lhamo. But like many Tibetans, Lhamo -- who fled her homeland at 19... ...of her country and a spokeswoman for the Tibetan cause and human rights. She tells of being... ...reminded her of her homeland: “But in Tibet, although the Chinese destroyed the... ...brought with them. Chinese now outnumber Tibetans six to one in the Tibet Autonomous Region... ...other traditionally Tibetan provinces, she says (the Chinese say there...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3123/yungchen-lhamo-interviewed-1999-the-singer-as-national-emblem/

Various Artists: Rhythms del Mundo, Revival (Ape)

...in the wake of what has happened in Chile, Tibet and Haiti . . . some of which you might prefer...

Tagged with: buena vista social club | cuba | ry cooder |

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/3561/various-artists-rhythms-del-mundo-revival-ape/

WOMAD ARTIST 2013; ABIGAIL WASHBURN INTERVIEWED: From Middle America to Middle Kingdom

...government. I don't go to China to say 'Free Tibet' like Bjork does because I want to have a long...

Tagged with: womad taranaki 2013 |

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5510/womad-artist-2013-abigail-washburn-interviewed-from-middle-america-to-middle-kingdom/

GUEST SONGWRITER DAVID MORRIS OF BRITAIN'S RED RIVER DIALECT shares the background to the band's new album Broken Stay Open Sky

...on the wind; the one that is called lungta in Tibetan (and is also a horse). I looked for this...

Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/8333/guest-songwriter-david-morris-of-britains-red-river-dialect-shares-the-background-to-the-bands-new-album-broken-stay-open-sky/

Mt Shasta, California: Feeling the space

...the uncanny secret knowledge of the Tibetan masters and, if they desire, can blend... ...will happily sell you sound healing tools, Tibetan supplies, ethnic musical instruments and...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/262/mt-shasta-california-feeling-the-space/

Sa Dingding: Harmony (Go East)

...and tosses in another layer of backing vocals (Tibetan chants!) or exotic instruments like the pipa...

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2983/sa-dingding-harmony-go-east/

Mendocino, California: Life in the mellow lane

...Bead Shop (tarot cards, Pashmina shawls, Tibetan rugs). At the Mendocino Hotel and Garden...

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/299/mendocino-california-life-in-the-mellow-lane/

STEVE McCURRY PHOTOGRAPHER INTERVIEWED: Portraits of the diverse, damaged world

...collection Portraits. Here is a sleepy-eyed Tibetan baby wrapped in swaddling clothes sharing...

Tagged with: george gittoes | manufactured landscapes | steve mccurry | sufi soul |

Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/2391/steve-mccurry-photographer-interviewed-portraits-of-the-diverse-damaged-world/

Red River Dialect: Broken Stay Open Sky (Paradise of Bachelors/Southbound)

...renunciate (on Kukkuripa named for the Indian-Tibetan buddhist), albeit within music which has...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8332/red-river-dialect-broken-stay-open-sky-paradise-of-bachelors-southbound/

WOMAD NEW ZEALAND 2013: When the world comes to town

...thumping percussion with entho-folk elements, Tibetan monks, cajun fiddle, Serbian music for...

Tagged with: womad taranaki 2013 |

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5320/womad-new-zealand-2013-when-the-world-comes-to-town/

The All Seeing Hand: Sand to Glass (Muzai)

...drums and throat-singing which can sound like Tibetan monks on speed or feedback. They had people...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7730/the-all-seeing-hand-sand-to-glass-muzai/

COUNT DUBULAH INTERVIEWED (2003): Music from the Temple

...so his parts came off and were replaced with a Tibetan trumpet - just because you can." The...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7489/count-dubulah-interviewed-2003-music-from-the-temple/

JUNELLE AND ABRAHAM KUNIN INTERVIEWED (2020): Tibetan words of wisdom, universal sounds of peace

...The Buddha, and the country who have taken in Tibetan’s in exile and of course The Dalai...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9474/junelle-and-abraham-kunin-interviewed-2020-tibetan-words-of-wisdom-universal-sounds-of-peace/

Sunshine Coast, Australia: Land, sea and me

...has dozens of B’n’Bs -- from Tibetan-themed to traditional English cottages and...

Tagged with: australia | postcards from elsewhere | the idiot boy who flew |

Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/2342/sunshine-coast-australia-land-sea-and-me/

Tom Waits and the Kronos Quartet: Diamond in Your Mind (2007)

...Carlos Nakai and others to raise funds for the Tibetan Health Initiative. You can imagine how... ...many took this Tibetan cause, especially given the Dalai Lama was...

Tagged with: chuck e weiss | kronos quartet | rickie lee jones | tom waits |

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4480/tom-waits-and-the-kronos-quartet-diamond-in-your-mind-2007/

The Dalai Lama: Inner World (digital outlets)

...word samples – some in English, some in Tibetan -- about the Buddha, peace, harmony,... ...plays sitar on Ama La and there is a chorus of Tibetan monks on the final piece Humanity. But this...

Music at Elsewhere: music/9472/the-dalai-lama-inner-world-digital-outlets/

THE BEATLES AND INDIA, a doco by AJOY BOSE

...literature and philosophy (in this instance Tibetan Buddhism). And so it went: sitar, tabla and...

Film at Elsewhere: film/10201/the-beatles-and-india-a-doco-by-ajoy-bose/

JACKSON BROWNE, INTERVIEWED (2022): The world still in motion

...arts in schools, Amnesty International, the Tibetan diaspora, hurricane relief, Native American...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10411/jackson-browne-interviewed-2022-the-world-still-in-motion/

Tsabropoulos, Lechner, Gandhi: Melos (ECM/Ode)

...intelligence here best heard in Gurdjieff's Tibetan Dance and Sayyid Dance which seem to sit...

Tagged with: ecm records | keith jarrett |

Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2082/tsabropoulos-lechner-gandhi-melos-ecm-ode/

Sa Dingding: Alive (Universal)

...has frequently posted Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan music recorded in the field and of earthy... ...songcraft, 21st century production and Tibetan chant come together -- and although none of...

Tagged with: music of central asia | sa dingding | shanghai lounge divas |

World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/1722/sa-dingding-alive-universal/

Trappist Afterland Band: Like a Beehive, the Hill was Alive (theactivelistener)

...in a rural commune with a Christian mystic, Tibetan monks and someone with a very large bong....

Music at Elsewhere: music/6101/trappist-afterland-band-like-a-beehive-the-hill-was-alive-theactivelistener/

JAH WOBBLE INTERVIEWED (1996): Spiritual traveller stay-at-home

...always coming up. I heard it described by some Tibetan geezer like, ‘You should embark on a...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3542/jah-wobble-interviewed-1996-spiritual-traveller-stay-at-home/

Various: Healing the Divide (Anti/Shock)

...funds" (that's more like it) for Tibetan refugees. Among those taking part were the... ...Lama (who turned up to say hello -- in Tibetan -- and then made his excuses because at... ...will apparently provide health insurance to a Tibetan monk or nun living in exile. Okay, you are... ...guttery vocals you also know that somewhere a Tibetan nun with a broken ankle is...

Tagged with: anoushka shankar | healing the divide | tom waits |

Music at Elsewhere: music/1284/various-healing-the-divide-anti-shock/

Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti: Rakshasa (slapthemoon)

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3710/bruce-cockburn-profiled-2010-poet-with-a-rocket-launcher/

Elsewhere Art . . . Stephan Micus

...tongue drums (Central Africa), kalimba, nay, Tibetan cymbals . . . His albums -- Winter's End is...

Art by Elsewhere: artebyelsewhere/9962/elsewhere-art-stephan-micus/

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