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When Tenzin Choegyal’s phone started pinging in the middle of the night last November, he put it aside. It was only when he woke up in the morning that he realised his latest album had been nominated for a Grammy in the United States.
The Tibetan refugee is one of four Australian artists in the running for one of the prestigious international music awards, the winners of which will be announced on Monday morning Australian time.
The Brisbane-based musician’s album Songs From The Bardo - a contemporary interpretation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead with US collaborator Laurie Anderson and friends - had already made it to the number one on the Billboard New Age music chart for four weeks. But the Grammy nod was still a shock.
Our Last Shows: A Look Back at Final Concerts Before the World Went Quiet
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Brenna Ehrlich, Hank Shteamer, David Browne, Andy Greene, Andrew Firriolo, Jonathan Bernstein, Mankaprr Conteh, Rick Carp, Griffin Lotz, Jason Newman, Jon Freeman, Rob Sheffield and Kory Grow
March 10, 2021, 6:25 AM·28 min read
A year ago, our lives ground to a halt as Covid-19 spread across the U.S. Everything but essential businesses shut down, schools closed, and the music world stopped in its tracks. Tour announcements became tour cancellations, festivals were called off, and those of us who attended several live shows per week found ourselves on our couches, grieving not only the fallout of the pandemic but the loss of one of our greatest comforts: music.
Last night, the
34th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert went virtual for the first time ever, offering viewers from around the world the unique opportunity to experience the warmth, sense of community, amazing music and extraordinary spoken word performances the evening has provided for so many years pre-pandemic at Carnegie Hall. Celebrating the concert’s illustrious history, this year’s eclectic lineup included Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Annie Lennox, Cage The Elephant, Phoebe Bridgers, Flaming Lips, Brittany Howard, Valerie June, Angélique Kidjo, Black Pumas, Laurie Anderson, Chocolate Genius, Inc., Tessa Thompson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith, Saori Tsukada, Rubin Kodheli and the Drepung Gomang Monks curated by artistic director Philip Glass. The concert streamed via Mandolin, the premiere concert livestream platform for artists, venues, and fans.
Annie Lennox of Eurythmics has joined the lineup for the 2021 Tibet House US Benefit Concert, which will be streamed live online this Wednesday, Febru.
Todd Rundgren embarks on his virtual tour, “Clearly Human,” playing his 1989 album
Nearly Human in full along with choice cuts from his catalog. This week includes shows from New York (Feb. 16 and 17), Virginia (Feb. 19), Pittsburgh (Feb. 20), and Ohio (Feb. 22). Buy tickets here.
The Tibet House “U.S. 34th Annual Benefit Concert” goes virtual this year with live and pre-recorded segments streaming via Mandolin. The lineup, curated by renown composer
Philip Glass, features
Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Flaming Lips, Cage the Elephant, Annie Lennox, Phoebe Bridgers, Brittany Howard, Valerie June, Angélique Kidjo, Laurie Anderson, Chocolate Genius Inc., Tessa Thompson, Saori Tsukada, Jesse Paris Smith, Tenzin Choegyal, Rubin Kodheli and many, many more. The show will start with a personal video message from the 14th Dalai Lama. The livestream airs Wednesday, February 17th at 7 PM. Tickets available here.