Posts Tagged ‘world music’
Ottawa Citizen
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.
Read MoreChö Part 1: Intro
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
Read MoreChö Part 2: Kangyi Tengi
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
Read MoreChö Part 5: Om Pana Phem
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
Read MoreChö Part 6: Tsog-lu
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
Read MoreChö Part 7: Kyema Mimin
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
Read MoreChö Part 8: Mönlam, Tal, and end
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
Read MoreÅ–Downbeat, August 1999
“Å (just say “ah”) successfully joins the hardingfele, a.k.a. hardanger fiddle, with Tibbetts’ distinctive, often beautiful constructions.”
Read MoreÅ–Amazon.com
“Å brims with haunting moods and textures that splinter like the spider-web cracks of an ice-covered lake”
Read MoreÅ–Billboard Magazine, 1999
“Å” conjures up an enveloping and imagistic soundscape.
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