Posts Tagged ‘Tibetan Music’
Things I Did (Press resources for “Life Of.”)
Things I did while I made this album. A list.
Read MoreLife Of–Bio & Press Page
I like the physicality of playing 12-string. I don’t use a pick. If I’m drifting off to sleep at night and feel my fingertips throbbing I know I had a good day.
Read MoreHanding out Diplomas in Nepal
Family email from India and Nepal, 2010. —It’s time to wind this little story up— I moved from the Döndrub hotel up to my friends’ place on Mahankal road. Sukhi and Peter live in Germany for most of the year and kindly offered me the use of their flat.…
Read MoreGayatri / Kyamdro Semkye
Performance at the Walker Art Center April 17, 2005 · Chöying Drolma: voice; Steve Tibbetts: guitar, guitar sampler; Marc Anderson: percussion
Read MoreSelwa–Tricycle Magazine
“On Selwa, a Tibetan nun and American guitarist grant each other the space to move freely through their respective disciplines, and the result is a lesson in listening for anyone who is fortunate enough to come across the album.”
Read MorePadmakara
Performance at the Walker Art Center April 17, 2005 · Chöying Drolma: voice; Steve Tibbetts: guitar, guitar sampler; Marc Anderson: percussion
Read MoreChoying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts in Philadelphia
“The voice becomes even more magical when shared with the exquisite accompaniment of Tibbett’s guitar and the diversified percussion talents of Anderson.”
Read MoreSelwa
Chöying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts. “…a heartbreakingly stunning record… If two worlds have ever met without cliché, Selwa is the language they will speak.” -EthnoTechno.com
Read MoreOrganized Some Trips to Tibet
In 2009 a group of us met in Shanghai and took a train to Lhasa. In western Tibet we traveled to Guge, circumambulated Kailash, and walked to Everest Base Camp (the actual Everest Base Camp where expeditions start from is called “ABC”–“Advance Base Camp.) In 2011 some of us re-convened and explored the retreat caves and…
Read MoreChö–Rykodisc Press Release
“If the pairing of a guitarist from Wisconsin and a Tibetan expatriate nun seems rather extraordinary, Tibbetts’ narrative makes the encounter seem very predictable, even predestined.”
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