Tibetan Folk Music

Traditional songs & instrumental music from the roof of the world. Tibet has enjoyed a high profile in the West over the last few decades and it is not surprising that there are many CDs available in the shops which feature Tibetan music. However, the vast majority of these focus on the sacred music found in the Buddhist monasteries. By contrast, secular music — the traditional styles of the nomads and the urban folk music from Lhasa — remains almost unknown in the West having been given little exposure over the years. This recording offers a general introduction to the secular music of Tibet, an interesting and colourful world of music that is still to be discovered.

1 Picnic in Summertime
2 The Great Vulture with White Feathers
3 Love Song
4 Wool Song
5 Five Different Coloured Prayer Flags
6 Wealth
7 The Grassland Up There
8 Highland Song: Beautiful Lady
9 Kham Folk Song
10 Truly in Love
11 Lady Sonam Yangchen
12 A Female Deity Is the Ornament of the Monasteries
13 Song of Good Fortune
14 The Bejewelled Grassland Down By the Yellow River
15 The Mighty Dragon with the Thunderous Roar
16 The Thangla Pass in Nya Lam
17 Salt Song
18 The Crops in the Field Are Growing Nicely
19 Ceremonial Song
20 Blue Sky
21 My Nagsho Homeland
22 Folk Song from Dingri
23 My Beloved Sweetheart
24 The Top Is from Here on Up
25 I Will Chant My Prayers
26 Highland Song: The Young Moon