Dirty Linen (8-9/99, p.88) - "...an intriguing and often spellbinding album."
Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo burst onto the world-music scene in 1996 when TIBET, TIBET, a collection of Tibetan prayers, was released on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. Her second album, COMING HOME, is equally beautiful, featuring the singer's pure soprano and gentle, delicate phrasing. While less overtly traditional than TIBET, TIBET, largely due to instrumental coloring via guitar and synthesizer, the accompaniment still complements and frames Lhamo's spectacular voice, which is at once otherworldly and as soft as a caress. Those familiar with Lhamo's life story--which involves escaping the tyranny of Tibetan rule, working tirelessly in refugee camps, and devoting herself to the performance of devotional Buddhist music--will find COMING HOME all the more enchanting, inspirational, and moving.
Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo burst onto the world-music scene in 1996 when TIBET, TIBET, a collection of Tibetan prayers, was released on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. Her second album, COMING HOME, is equally beautiful, featuring the singer's pure soprano and gentle, delicate phrasing. While less overtly traditional than TIBET, TIBET, largely due to instrumental colouring via guitar and synthesizer, the accompaniment still complements and frames Lhamo's spectacular voice, which is at once otherworldly and as soft as a caress. Those familiar with Lhamo's life story--which involves escaping the tyranny of Tibetan rule, working tirelessly in refugee camps, and devoting herself to the performance of devotional Buddhist music--will find COMING HOME all the more enchanting, inspirational, and moving.