Ottawa Citizen

1996-choyingdekenagi

American guitarist and soundscape artist Steve Tibbetts was in the middle of his first tour in support of the album Chö last November, and things seemed to be going pretty smoothly.  Until he lost one of the Tibetan nuns.

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Chö Part 1: Intro

Choying Drolma and Nuns

Recorded in New York City at the Knitting Factory, August 1999 · Chöying Drolma, Lodro, Sherab:  voice and percussion; Steve Tibbetts: guitar and samples; Marc Anderson: percussion and samples

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Chö Part 8: Mönlam, Tal, and end

Choying Drolma

Recorded in New York City at the Knitting Factory, August 1999 · Chöying Drolma, Lodro, Sherab: voice and percussion; Steve Tibbetts: guitar and samples; Marc Anderson: percussion and samples

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Å–Minneapolis Star-Tribune & Playboy

“repeating fiddle phrases evolve into fresh ideas, while Tibbetts’ guitar slithers off on sympathetic tangents, and gongs and other elements chip in their own wry commentary, creating an ebb and flow of stylish nuance like mist on the fjords”

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Å–Jazz times

Turid, Knut, Steve, Marc near Utne, Norway

“…music is the only genuine universal language… That idea springs to mind while listening to the latest project from the category-defying tone poet guitarist Steve Tibbetts, who has teamed up with Norwegian hardanger fiddler Knut Hamre for an intriguing and impressionistic set”

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Chö–Philadelphia Inquirer

Chö by Steve Tibbetts and Chöying Drolma

“Tibbetts is a man enthralled by the sound of a single strummed chord vibrating in space, his love of the sheer physicality of music makes a perfect marriage with the disembodied songs of Tibetan nun Choying Drolma on Chö”

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Chö–Guitar Player, 3/97

Steve Tibbetts, Choying, Marc Anderson, etc.

“Steve Tibbetts… dressed the pieces in the spacious, almost transparent robes of bouzouki, opened-tuned guitar, strings and percussion. A miracle of East / West alchemy.”

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Chö

Chö by Steve Tibbetts and Chöying Drolma

Chöying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts. “a beautiful pastiche of celestial songs that evokes a tenderness, optimism and appetite for life that cuts through in any language.” -St. Paul Pioneer Press

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