70 posts tagged “music”

Here's a link to a page of downloadable Amida chants in Chinese, "Namo Amituofo" - "Homage to Amitabha Buddha"

Show us a musical instrument you wish you knew how to play.

I'll get round to it, eventually!

Mandolin

...... I can hear:

01 The Boys Of Summer

Don Henley

I'm impressed! (She's just turned 9 and very sensitive). And, listening to lyrics like this is going to be developing her social conscience further:

The International Campaign for Tibet is supporting a new musical compilation entitled 'Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace'. Now available through iTunes and retail channels worldwide, including Amazon.

As a show of solidarity with the Dalai Lama and Tibet, 20 artists have come together to release this historic double album to coincide with the Beijing Olympics.

Sting, Dave Matthews, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Imogen Heap, Garbage, Damien Rice, Moby, Underworld, Duncan Sheik and many more have been brought together to create this album of 20 songs. The project is the artists' expression of peace and support for Tibet and the Dalai Lama.

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shhh - I know it is a taste lapse  - but I love power ballads - watching videos right now (as I do the ironing - well, I do need to inject a little thrill into it) - big hair, wailing guitar, gothic backdrop, black kohl eyes, wrung out heart strings...

Follow the link to see what he listens to (in addition to Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma and Sheryl Crow).

What do you do when you get a crush on someone?
Submitted by Desi.

Well - not quite a crush and not quite an obsession - but

I play her CDs over and over again

Watershed

K.D Lang

Invincible Summer

kd Lang

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Drag

K.D. Lang

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Listen to the reason why
(and now I've created a 'k.d. lang appreciation' group)

kd lang - Hallelujah (London, 2008)