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	Yungchen Lhamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yungchen Lhamo singing at the Colours of Ostrava in 2007
		Yungchen Lhamo is a Tibetan singer living in exile in New York City.
		Yungchen Lhamo's name means "Goddess of Song", a name given her by a holy man soon after she was born near Lhasa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yungchen_Lhamo (521 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo News
		Lhamo has quietly established herself as one of the world's most exquisite voices, the purity and scale of her singing conjuring up the vastness of her Himalayan homeland....There are laments, but also earthy evocations of delight and contentment, notably on 'Tara', alongside guest singer Joy Askew.
		Yungchen Lhamo is a new kind of Tibetan, one who was not only forced out into the world at large, but who embraces all its possibilities....This isn't a chant album, but original songs in Lhamo's native tongue.
		Yungchen Lhamo's concerts were preceded by Buddhist teaching by the Venerable Jungwoo head of the temples followed by a talk on the Tibet Issue by the Representative Mr.
	www.yungchenlhamo.com /news_body.html (2328 words)

	The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Yungchen Lhamo
		Yungchen Lhamo did more or less the same show she did about a year and a half ago when Jeff and I saw her in Arizona.
		Yungchen Lhamo's new album, Ama, is dedicated to her mother who was ill (it's unclear from the liner notes whether she's passed on or not) and it's just gorgeous.
		Of course, Yungchen's ethereal vocals are as stunning as always, but somehow the interplay between her voice and the instrumentation works better for me on this album than on her previous ones.
	ectoguide.org /commentator/bossert@suddensound.com/lhamo.yungchen (1203 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo
		Yungchen Lhamo's name was bestowed on her as a child by a holy man. Translated, it means "Goddess of Melody and Song".
		Yungchen Lhamo receives a standing ovation with the same grace as she offers her blessings.
		At first, sings Yungchen Lhamo, the land may seem hostile, like a fearful stranger, but knowledge can lead to it becoming as close as a lover.
	www.realworldusa.com /albumpages/lhamo/default.html (729 words)

	Maza ’s Weblog » Yungchen Lhamo
		At the end of a dangerous 1,000-mile escape across the Himalayas, Yungchen arrived in India, where she visited numerous Tibetan refugee camps and had the opportunity to meet the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala.
		Recognizing the ability in Yungchen’s performances, he encouraged her to go and share with western people the richness of Tibetan culture through the beauty of her voice.
		Yungchen is currently at work on her much-awaited fourth album, in what promises to be the next chapter in an already exquisite musical career.
	www.mazalien.nl /weblog/archives/2006/04/16/yungchen-lhamo (545 words)

	FolkWorld Article: Yungchen Lhamo
		Yungchen was born into the Chinese occupation, and like many of her generation has to rely on the stories of her parents and grandparents to get a picture of what life in Tibet was like before the occupation.
		Yungchen was brought up around her grandmother, as her parents were in enforced labour some distance away and were only allowed to see her about every three years or so.
		Yungchen Lhamo seems to have been destined to be more than just a singer, and she accepts her added burdens with the grace and modesty you would expect from a person steeped in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
	www.folkworld.de /16/e/lhamo.html (1555 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo. El Espíritu del Sur. Músicas del Mundo
		Yungchen Lhamo was born near Lhasa, Tibet at a time when the isolated ‘forbidden kingdom’ was caught in the ravages of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
		Yungchen Lhamo's stately appearance in Tibetan robes and mala prayer beads, her harrowing tale of childhood deprivation and flight to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's compound in Dharmsala, India, have made her a de facto ambassador of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism wherever she travels.
		Backed by a squall of distorted guitar and the gravelly overtone drone of Tuvan throat singing, Lhamo's voice poignantly enacts "the sound of my heart breaking but refusing to be broken." The song was written for a lifelong friend of Yungchen's who died not long after settling (for a time) in Sydney, Australia.
	www.espiritudelsur.com /grupos/yungchen_eng.htm (1357 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo
		Yungchen Lhamo was born in Tibet at a time when the isolated "forbidden kingdom" was caught in the ravages of the Chinese Culiural Revolution and the brutality that followed.
		Yungchen Lhamo worked in the factories for eight years until she was 19.
		Yungchen Lhamo escaped from Tibet in 1989, the year that His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
	www.lilithfair.com /lilith97/artists/YunLh.html (586 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She has performed on the bill with many well-known (Any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)) popular music acts, bringing her traditions to new audiences.
		Yungchen Lhamo's name means "Goddess of Song," a name given her by a holy man soon after she was born near (The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers) Lhasa.
		She made a pilgrimage to (additional info and facts about Dharamsala) Dharamsala, to receive the blessings of the (Chief lama and once ruler of Tibet) Dalai Lama, where he lives in exile.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yu/yungchen_lhamo.htm (262 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo - dublin - music
		Yungchen Lhamo, The Voice of Tibet, plays the National Concert Hall on Saturday, the 1st of July.
		Yungchen's name was given to her by a Tibetan lama when she was a baby and translates to "Goddess of Melody and Song".
		The New York-based Yungchen Lhamo Charitable Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the welfare of Tibetans in need in Tibet and Tibetan refugees around the world by providing medical care, clothing, food, shelter and artificial limbs.
	www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/16/pt/0/spid/1D880512-FD9F-28AA-0903337F0672CB9B.htm (395 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo is a Tibetan singer living in exile dharamsala (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Recognizing the ability in Yungchen's performances, he encouraged her to go and share with western people the richness of Tibetan culture through the beauty of her voice.
		Yungchen was one of the Real World artists featured in a recent one-hour music television special by National Geographic called Songs Under a Big Sky.
		Yungchen is currently at work on her much-awaited fourth album, in what promises to be the next chapter in an already exquisite musical career.
	123himachal.com /yangchen.htm (554 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo \|\|\| Mondomix * musiques du monde * world music
		Her name means “Goddess of Melody”, and her texts focus on the mountains of her native Lhasa, the beauty of nature and of the blue sky, and devotional Buddhist incantations.
		A holy man bestowed Yungchen Lhamo her name when she was a child.
		Yungchen Lhamo never dreamed she would have a career as a singer.
	yungchen_lhamo.mondomix.com /en/portrait166.htm (420 words)

	Ama by Yungchen Lhamo » Catalogue » Real World Records
		Ama, which means 'mother' in the Tibetan language, is dedicated to Yungchen's own mother, who raised her daughter amidst the violence and persecution of the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
		It was in Dharamsala that Yungchen first sang, as part of a troupe that performed in Tibetan refugee settlements in order to tell other exiles of the living conditions and situation in their homeland.
		Yungchen says the experience of living and making music in New York has influenced her to embrace new music and sounds.
	www.realworldrecords.com /catalogue/ama (1267 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo
		Yungchen Lhamo has become the female voice of Tibet, singing its songs, practicing its Buddhist religion, and working quietly for her country's freedom from China.
		By the time she was 14, Lhamo herself was working in a factory six days a week, helping in the clothing, feeding, and raising of her siblings.
		Lhamo also returned to Dharamsala for several months to work among refugees and began the Yungchen Lhamo Foundation, a non-profit aimed at funding refugee projects.
	www.hrmusic.com /artists/ylhart.html (497 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Yungchen Lhamo was born near Lhasa, Tibet at a time when the isolated ‘forbidden kingdom’ was caught in the ravages of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
		Yungchen Lhamo's stately appearance in Tibetan robes and mala prayer beads, her harrowing tale of childhood deprivation and flight to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's compound in Dharmsala, India, have made her a de facto ambassador of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism wherever she travels.
		That strength is witnessed in Coming Home's songs, all written by Yungchen and based on Tibetan melodies, songs which share the trance qualities of Buddhist prayer and yet take off on graceful flights of their own.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=597 (1428 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yungchen Lhamo received his blessings and, with a group of former Tibetan political prisoners, began to perform material about the fear, poverty and repression back in Tibet.
		Yungchen Lhamo’s career sped forward with the giant Tibet Freedom Concert and then Lilith Fair, which featured some of the biggest names in American women’s music, including Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow and Jewel.
		A Yungchen Lhamo concert is a spiritual as well as a musical experience.
	www.folkloreproductions.com /Html/LHABio.htm (473 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo \|\|\| Mondomix * musiques du monde * world music
		Yungchen has invested a transcultural vision of her musical word in ten complementary and harmonious tracks.
		The Kansas-based musician has infused Lhamo’s traditional vocals with violins, cellos, a National Steel guitar, flutes, a trumpet, lutes, the West African kora, as well as Tibet’s piwang, danyen and bamboo flutes.
		For, despite the presence of a plethora of outstanding instrumentalists, Sharifi manages to provide a respectful and sparing instrumental backdrop to accompany the gymnastics Lhamo performs with her unique voice.
	www.mondomix.com /en/chroniques.php?artist_id=166&reportage_id=3179 (618 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo » Artists » Real World Records
		Yungchen Lhamo walked this road to exile as a teenager back in 1989.
		Yungchen moved to Australia in 1993 where her first CD release ‘Tibetan Prayer’ won an ARIA award and she has been touring the world ever since, sharing prestigious platforms such as the stage of the Carnegie Hall in New York and London’s Royal Festival Hall with rock stars and famous faces.
		Her songs are intimate tales of love for her homeland and her people and her story is an emblem of courage, perseverance, devotion and musical genius.
	www.realworldrecords.com /artists/yungchen-lhamo (231 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo - Dublin Arts and Media - Indymedia Ireland
		Yungchen Lhamo, Tibet’s internationally acclaimed diva and songwriter, will be making a return visit to Ireland in July 2005.
		At the age of five Yungchen was sent with her family to a labour camp by the occupying Chinese authorities; her two eldest brothers died of malnutrition.
		This was founded by Yungchen to assist Tibetan refugees around the world in need of food, clothing and medical care, and to enlighten the global community about Tibetan culture and the challenges faced by Tibetans in Tibet and worldwide.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=70870 (469 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo
		The first to do this was the Japanese JVC and the second was the English Rykodisc, which are the best traditional Buddhist songs you could possibly listen to.
		And now she has become the ideal interpreter able to bridge the antique with the modern: the "Esoteric" Spirituality of the ancient monastery with the one, infinitely more diffused, of the millions of simple "saved-souls".
		It’s a name I’m very proud of, not only for the profound sacreldly of its meaning: but mainly because it was given to me by a Lama of Lhasa, who appreciated my voice very much.
	www.mybestlife.com /music/yungchen.htm (638 words)

	Biographie of Yungchen Lhamo
		S ince beginning her big international tours in 1994, Yungchen Lhamo has become, without doubt, the most celebrated Tibetan singer.
		Yungchen learned the religious and spiritual songs of Tibet from her grandmother.
		Her repertoire is composed of traditional Tibetan songs which tell of the everlasting spiritual quest, of pilgrimage and the essential contemplation of nature.
	www.fesfestival.com /en06/yungchen-lhamo.php (131 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo >> Nova Concerts >> International Booking Agency
		Yungchen Lhamo has become the female voice of Tibet working quietly for her country's freedom from China.
		At the end of a dangerous 1,000-mile escape across the Himalayas, Yungchen arrived in India, where she visited numerous Tibetan refugee camps and had the opportunity to meet the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala.
		Moving to Sydney, Australia, in 1993, she began to perform alone and unaccompanied and soon received acclaim for her compelling stage presence as well as for the power and purity of her singing.
	www.novaconcerts.de /yungchenlhamo.html (427 words)

	Coming Home - Yungchen Lhamo, Four Dogs Music
		Coming Home is the second release for Yungchen Lhamo on the Real World label, and was a departure from her previous mainly acappella music.
		Yungchen described the songs on this album as "rich with political and spiritual metaphors, and dedicated to my son, Tenzin Shaydrup and all Tibetan children who carry the future of Tibet in their hearts and minds."
		Ama is the latest release from Yungchen Lhamo, an album of considerable power and beauty.
	www.fourdogsmusic.co.uk /_P_609_coming-home-yungchen-lhamo (205 words)

	IN-Avant Garde: Billy Corgan & Yungchen Lhamo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The combination of rock star Billy Corgan and Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo touring and performing together in support of Billy's recent, New York Times bestselling book of poetry, Blinking With Fists, is as interesting and profound and beautiful a duo as ever....
		Billy and Yungchen together represent a kind of karmic divine union in which Billy liberates all the longing and the shadows and the desires of the Western heart, while Yungchen's crystalline voice blesses everything it touches with the love of a dakini goddess.
		At his side was the radiant Yungchen, who did sing, both acapella and with Billy's accompaniment on guitar, and won over a sometimes raucous crowd through the sheer gentle force of her loving-kindness.
	www.integralnaked.org /avantgarde/show_soiled-dove.aspx (307 words)

	Yungchen Lhamo Charitable Foundation
		The Yungchen Lhamo Charitable Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the welfare of Tibetans in need.
		Through direct charitable action, the Foundation improves the lives of women and children who are in grave need of food and clothing, artificial limbs, and medicine.
		Based in New York City, the Foundation engages in local outreach activities with the community, which include sacred song and meditation workshops lead by Foundation Director Yungchen Lhamo.
	www.yungchenlhamo.org (101 words)

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