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01. Various Artists - Tashi Laso
02. Various Artists - Ada Le O
03. Various Artists - Tuning of the Bhutanese Dramnyen
04. Various Artists - Dramnyen Solo, Lhasa Norbuling La
05. Various Artists - Dong Lim
06. Various Artists - Pilgrim’s Song
07. Various Artists - Gesar Janglu Jombe Gang
08. Various Artists - Bem
09. Various Artists - The Palaces of Gesar's Family
10. Various Artists - Pawo, Oracles’ Song and Dance
11. Various Artists - Tibetan Dramnyen
12. Various Artists - Tibetan Fiddle
13. Various Artists - Tshultrim Namja
14. Various Artists - Ta Pa Kham Bu Ku Shu Sum La Ga Na
15. Various Artists - Chhokhor to Pai Zhe
16. Various Artists - Ura Gi Ache Lhamo
17. Various Artists - Nubshe
18. Various Artists - Nubshem
19. Various Artists - Zhungdra
20. Various Artists - Ache Lhamo
ARTIST
TITLE
Tibetan and Bhutanese Instrumental and Folk Music
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
SR 230CD SR 230CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
2/21/2006

Recorded by John Levy in 1971 and released by Lyrichord in the mid-'70s, this comprises the second part of Levy's whole enterprise: to capture not only the sacred music of the Tibetan ritual in Bhutan, but all aspects of the native folk music as well. John Levy was a London ethnomusicologist who took refuge in Tibetan Buddhism, and recorded -- with his nagra-stéreo -- both sacred and secular music. This completely remastered folk and instrumental release follows the Tibetan Buddhist Rites from the Monasteries of Bhutan album of ritual and chanting, and features performances on both Tibetan and Bhutanese lutes and fiddles, beautiful folk songs, and a part of a drama of Tibetan origin performed by a troupe of yak and cow herdsmen of eastern Bhutan. The latter is particularly compelling, the standout performer being Go-Te Do-Pe, who sings and accompanies himself on the dramnyen, a Bhutanese lute. His two songs bear an eerie resemblance to the blues of Junior Kimbrough and other Mississippi hill country musicians. This is real blues from the top of the world.