Tag Archives: Music

• Dalai Lama marks 85th birthday with album of mantras 6 July 2020 This post has 2 comments

  The Dalai Lama made a bid for music chart stardom on Monday, his 85th birthday, with the release of an album of mantras and teachings. On making of the album, he has said, "The very purpose of my life is to serve as much as I can.” ...

• Sheama-tam – Tibetan hip-hop music in resistance 10 November 2019 | N Dhargyal This post has no comments yet

  Hip-hop music has become a channel for Tibetan youth to communicate among themselves between the two worlds we are living in, and a resistance in its own way against the Chinese government. ...

• Winners of 9th edition of Tibetan Music Awards announced 9 September 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 2 comments

  Lifetime Achievement Award for Lobsang Samten from McLeod Ganj, Special Recognition for Michelle Weik from Connecticut, and a dozen other awards announced for the Tibetan Music Awards 2019. ...

• Tawo Lobsang Palden dies — Pioneer of Tibetan pop music 7 February 2019 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 8 comments

  A pioneer of Tibetan pop music, Tawo Lobsang Palden, passed away in Germany on Monday. A medical doctor by profession, Palden was also known for composing songs and music. ...

• Techung awarded New York state artist fellowship 14 July 2018 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 3 comments

  Tashi Dhondup Sharzur, aka Techung, has been accepted in the 2018 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Artist Fellowship Programme, among 89 artists throughout New York. ...

• Phur takes five awards at Tibetan Music Awards 2 September 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  "Phur", the infectious and anthemic song by Anu Ringluk that has taken the Tibetan world by storm, grabbed five awards at the Tibetan Music Awards last night. ...

• TYC Odisha Cyclone Phailin benefit concert raised lakhs 30 October 2013 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

  A benefit concert for the victims of a cyclone in India's eastern state of Odisha raised a few lakh rupees for flood relief efforts. Indian Idol star Prashant Tamang captivated a crowd of more than two thousand. ...

• China detains Tibetan singer for “politically subversive” song 9 August 2013 | Tibet Sun newsroom This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan song has drawn the ire of the Chinese authorities, who have detained the singer for singing a "politically-subversive" song at a concert, an exile Tibetan group said. ...

• Dalai Lama promotes peace and pop in Melbourne 18 June 2013 | Andy Burns This post has no comments yet

  The Dalai Lama was in Melbourne yesterday promoting peace — and a pop song, speaking at the Melbourne Convention Centre to a crowd of about 6000 devotees. ...

• Raageshwari Loomba meets with Dalai Lama 23 May 2013 | Santanu Ganguly This post has no comments yet

  Raageshwari Loomba the well known singer and actress on her tour to promote her upcoming audio CD of affirmation, recently met with the Dalai Lama and presented him a copy of her new music CD. ...