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2019-08-20T16:09:36.000Z
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Video Title:
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith - "Listen Without Distraction" [Official Audio]
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Listen to the official audio for "Listen Without Distraction" by Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal and Jesse Paris Smith, a track from the trio's collaboration 'Songs from the Bardo' released by Smithsonian Folkways. 'Songs from the Bardo' available September 27, 2020 on CD, 2xLP, and Digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/songs-from-the-bardo?ffm=FFM_fda099cc7a46c46e001465defbf90751 Bandcamp: https://songsfromthebardo.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-bardo All other platforms: https://orcd.co/songsfromthebardo 'Songs from the Bardo' begins with a bell ringing out once, twice, three times, as a ritualistic chant emerges from the dense silence. The collaborative composition by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson, Tibetan multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal, and composer and activist Jesse Paris Smith is a guided journey through the visionary text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, unfolding in an 80-minute ebb and flow of sound and words. 'Songs from the Bardo' is a transporting experience, meant to draw the listener into the present moment and provide a framework for inner exploration. Anderson, Choegyal, and Smith fuse modern compositional techniques with the mystique of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to make these visionary traditions more accessible to a new generation of listeners and to reveal the ancient wisdoms contained within. Laurie Anderson: https://laurieanderson.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurieAnderson Twitter: https://twitter.com/onlyanexpert Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurieandersonofficial Tenzin Choegyal: https://www.tenzinchoegyal.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tibeteffect Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenzinchoegyal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tibet_effect Jesse Paris Smith: http://www.jesseparissmith.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jesseparissmith Twitter: https://twitter.com/JesseParisSmith Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michiganmanhattan Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Video Duration:
5 min 27 sec
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music folk "Woody Guthrie" "Pete Seeger" Smithsonian Folkways old-time non-profit
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