News :: 2008

  • Tibet musician plays in Taiwan on world tour
    ON THE WEB, 17 December 2008 (Taipei Times) Determined to use music to raise awareness of Tibet's struggle for freedom and introduce his culture, Techung has been touring the world and made his first pubic performance in Taiwan.
  • Free as a bird - Namgyal Lhamo
    ON THE WEB, 15 December 2008 (The Statesman) Namgyal Lhamo's cross-cultural experiences and understanding of Tibetan performing arts have opened up new and varied musical spheres. The "Nightingale of Tibet" speaks to Mathures Paul..
  • Rock stars to fight AIDS
    ON THE WEB, 2 December 2008 (AFP) Top rock acts, including Coldplay and The Police, were to premiere songs on Monday on a new internet service raising funds for combating AIDS in Africa.
  • China slams Guns'N'Roses album
    BEIJING, China, 24 November 2008 A newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party is blasting the latest Guns N' Roses album as an attack on the Chinese nation.
  • Tibetan and Indian music at Yale University
    7 November 2008 Tibetan singer/songwriter Techung and Mr. Roop Varma performed an intimate concert at the Ezra Stiles Master's house at Yale University.
  • China lifts iTunes block but for Tibet album
    SAN FRANCISCO, USA, 26 August 2008 Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store is back up and running again in China after it was apparently blocked last week by local authorities. ...
  • Taught in dreams, he says, he'll surface in Lowell
    BOSTON, US, 24 July 2008 On a frigid winter day about four years ago, Tibetan singer and musician Penpa Tsering was walking along the frozen waters of Walden Pond in Concord, practicing his throat singing. As he chanted in the deep-pitched rumbles that characterize this form of Central Asian music, ...
  • "Songs for Tibet" bring musicians together
    10 July 2008 Some of music's biggest stars are coming together for a CD in support of peace in Tibet. Musicians such as Sting, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Suzanne Vega, Rush and Duncan Sheik are all contributing songs to the compilation CD "Songs For Tibet — The Art of Peace."
  • China silences Tibet folk singer Drolmakyi
    DAWU, Tibet, 8 June 2008 The performer is one of at least seven Tibetan cultural figures detained recently with no formal charges. She may have used a hand-drawn Tibetan flag in her act. ...
  • Tibetan Spell
    18 May 2008
  • Radiohead Stage Tibet protest
    FLORIDA, US, 7 May 2008
  • Bjork in Shanghai: 'Tibet! Tibet!'
    SHANGHAI, China, 04 March 2008
  • Losar kyipo tang concerts in Bylakuppe
    BYLAKUPPE, India, 10 February 2008