Yungchen Lhamo Musical artist

Yungchen Lhamo is a Tibetan singer-songwriter living in exile in New York City. She has won an Australian Record Industry Association award (ARIA) for best Folk/World/Traditional album, and was then signed by Peter Gabriel's Realworld Record label.She has performed with Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) and has sung duets with Natalie Merchant on Ophelia. She collaborated with Annie Lennox on her latest CD Ama. Lhamo's recordings have been used in "Seven Years in Tibet" and many Tibetan documentaries.

Personal facts

Yungchen Lhamo
Alias (AKA)Goddess of Melody = translation of her birth name.
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1963
Birth place
Lhasa
Hometown
China
Tibet Autonomous Region
Lhasa

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Musical artist

Career started1990
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
New Age
record label
Real World Records

Topical connections

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Yungchen Lhamo on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://in.integralinstitute.org/avantgarde/show_soiled-dove.aspx#happiness
  2. http://www.realworldrecords.com/yungchenlhamo
  3. http://www.realworldusa.com/albumpages/lhamo/default.html
  4. http://www.womad.org/festivals/artists/action.lasso?-response=artistentry.html&-token.womadArtist=Yungchen+Lhamo&-nothing
  5. http://www.yungchenlhamo.com