Music Archives

Tibetan Resettlement Project Canada Aid Concert II 4.27.13 Toronto

By Yönten, on April 20th, 2013%

Tibetan Resettlement Aid Concert II Sponsored by the Tibetan Resettlement Project Canada

Saturday, April 27, 2013 @ 6 pm Gangjong Choedenling Toronto

Info: http://www.tibet.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tibetresettlementproject?hc_location=stream

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I’m Your Man book review from a Buddhist perspective

By Yönten, on April 20th, 2013%

I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons

McClelland & Stewart, 2012 ISBN-13: 9780771080401

Paperback edition coming in August 2013

Everybody loves Leonard, and rightly so. He is one of Canada’s great treasures, known worldwide through his songs, poetry and novels. He is . . . Read More.

Happy 78th Birthday, Leonard Cohen

By Yönten, on September 22nd, 2012%

Posted on Parabola Magazine’s FB page, picked up by Sweeping Zen, and now reflected here. (But who of them can add the trivial fact, like I can, that I used to play in Murray Park behind Leonard’s boyhood home in Westmount, or that our mothers . . . Read More.

Tibet Resettlement Project concert, Toronto 7.21.12

By Yönten, on July 22nd, 2012%

The Government of Canada is facilitating the immigration of up to 1,000 Tibetans living in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, at the request of the Canada Tibet Committee and Canada’s Tibetan community. Up to 1,000 displaced Tibetans, including principal applicants and their . . . Read More.

Rock for Tibet, Montreal 8.25.12

By Yönten, on July 22nd, 2012%

Café du Mile End, 5240, Avenue du Parc, Montreal, Quebec H2V 4G7 August 25, 2012 @ 8 pm (doors open @ 7) Samedi 25 août à 20h, ouverture des portes à 19h

15$ prévente (+ frais de service et/ou frais Admission) 20$ à la porte . . . Read More.

Medicine Buddha recording

By Yönten, on June 17th, 2012%

Acharya Rinpoche Zasep Tulku’s recording of Medicine Buddha Mantra and Sacred Chanting @ Red Couch Recordings. CD Release – December 2012.

Short Mantra Samples will be posted on www.medicinebuddhatoronto.org Further info at: http://www.facebook.com/medicinebuddhatoronto

(Photo: Theodore Tsaousidis (www.sittingatthegate.ca), Acharya Rinpoche Zasep Tulku, Shiv Sharma (www.skycave.ca) SkyCave Media . . . Read More.

Vancouver/Victoria – Rock for Tibet

By Yönten, on March 25th, 2012%

A series of benefit concerts for the Tibetan Resettlement Project. Sunrise and Good People starts the tour off in BC on March 28th at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver and on March 31st at the Felicita’s Pub in Victoria.

Vancouver – Rock for Tibet Date: . . . Read More.

Tanis Wetaskiwin / Grey Buffalo

By Yönten, on February 26th, 2012%

If you are a fan of Tibetan music, look no further than the incredible Tanis Wetaskiwin from Edmonton for the latest and greatest in Tibetan music vids…

She’s on Facebook, representing for Native Canadian culture, Tibetan culture, and justice everywhere! http://www.facebook.com/people/Tanis-Wetaskiwin/100000737791353

She’s also on YouTube, with . . . Read More.

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

By Yönten, on February 2nd, 2012%

New album now available to play or download from their website:

http://yamantakasonictitan.bandcamp.com/

Yamantaka: the Band

By Yönten, on January 31st, 2012%

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan are a music collective from Montreal. They bill themselves as a Black Metal band. The two leads, Alaska B and Ruby Atwood, identify themselves as practicing Buddhists. Here’s a recent article about them: http://www.avclub.com/toronto/articles/alaska-b-and-ruby-atwood-of-yamantaka-sonic-titan,68404/

Speaking of Buddhist Metal (?), don’t forget Affinity . . . Read More.

Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

By Yönten, on January 26th, 2012%

Listen here -

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145340430/first-listen-leonard-cohen-old-ideas

Mazeway Resynthesis, Mary Cobham, Shambhala and Little Tibet

By Yönten, on January 3rd, 2012%

Parkdale singer Mary Cobham’s second CD is titled “Mazeway Resynthesis” and is thematically connected to both her Shambhala practice and her many Tibetan neighbours.

Here’s the story: http://www.insidetoronto.com/what’s%20on/article/1271323–songs-helped-artist-articulate-the-abstract

“I Won’t Fall Down” by Montreal band Sunrise and Good People

By Yönten, on November 27th, 2011%

I WON’T FALL DOWN from SUNRISE and GOOD PEOPLE on Vimeo.

Here are the lyrics, courtesy of the band: Iwontfalldown

Jerry Granelli bangs Buddhist drum in Ottawa

By Yönten, on October 9th, 2011%

Bop jazz drummer Jerry Granelli, a well-known fixture in the Halifax Buddhist community for many years, will be performing at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 12. Here’s a feature article and details about the event from the Ottawa Citizen:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Buddhism+cutting+edge/5519227/story.html

Vancouver Gala Première – Journey of a Dream: 9.16/17.11

By Yönten, on September 5th, 2011%

Journey of a Dream is a heavy metal story of a Tibetan refugee, directed by Shenpenn Khyamsar (who lives in Vancouver). It is a feature length documentary that will take audiences on an epic, global journey into heavy metal music, exile, Buddhism and Tibetan roots.

Here’s . . . Read More.

Martha Grey Buffalo on YouTube

By Yönten, on June 7th, 2010%

Martha is a 19-year-old Native Canadian from Edmonton. She has inspired many with her Facebook photo galleries of pow wow dancers and singers, and of Tibetan-Canadian events, showing some striking parallels between these two cultures.

Now she has launched a YouTube . . . Read More.