December 2008
Monthly Archive
Tibet2Timbuk2 on Weekend Planet (ABC Radio National) this Saturday
Posted by Shen on 09 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Blog
Doug Spencer of ABC Radio National‘s Weekend Planet will be playing a track from Tibet2Timbuk2‘s debut CD “Music is Life” this Saturday Dec 13, between 10pm-12pm.
PS You can listen to the program via this link. Apparently the song was played at 1138pm, so you should be able to hear it in the second hour of the program.
Tibet2Timbuk2 CD Launch @ Brisbane Powerhouse
Posted by Shen on 09 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Blog
On Saturday Nov 15, Tibet2Timbuk2 launched our debut CD “Music is Life” at the Brisbane Powerhouse. It was a really nice concert, lots of good vibes and fun. We basically played through the CD track list, with a bit of chat, and gave a full 90 minute set. Everybody seemed to like it. Many thanks to Perfect Potion for supporting us, producing the CD and launch gig and now selling our CDs through their shops.
SET LIST:
- Beautiful Girl
- Ama
- Crane Song – special guest Menaka Visvanathan (South Indian female vocal) opened the song with a beautiful alap and also sang some beautiful harmonies and solos
- Tso Marpo
- Lotus Born – special guest Peter Hunt on trumpet
- Little Things – special guest Peter Hunt on trumpet
- Jhi Chung
- Music is Life / Menfanh – special guest Lansana Camara on kora and vocal, plus Menaka and Peter to throw in some solos too
- Dawey Wola – finale song with everybody singing it up
Tibet2Timbuk2 CD launch finale
L to R: Lansana Camara, Marcello Milani, Shen Flindell, Menaka Visvanathan, Tenzin Choegyal, Peter Hunt
“Crane Song” on latest C-Realm episode
Posted by Shen on 05 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Blog
The latest C-Realm episode, 131: Rocky Top (show notes here), features Tibet2Timbuk2‘s award-winning Crane Song for the musical interlude. The main show features guest Albert K. Bates discussing possibilities of societal transformation and collapse, especially with regard to resource depletion and a return to local organic food production.