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    Listen: A Jazz Man Plays Music to Whales Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 09 Jun 2011
    In the Summer issue of Tricycle, "Animal Realm" columnist Rick Bass digs deeper into the lives of our non-human friends with a feature on humpback whales. In "Whale Song: Secrets beneath the shimmering blue" Bass tells us about the work of David Rothenberg, a musician and scholar who plays music to whales.Bass writes: More »
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    Watch: Buddhist monk raps to attract young converts Paid Member

    Posted by Rachel on 30 Mar 2011
    A 50-year-old Buddhist monk in Japan is making up his own rap music to attract young people to Buddhism. Via UPI.com: More »
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    Russell Simmons's Buddhas Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 22 Mar 2011
    The Financial Times recently ran a profile of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons' New York City apartment. Inside they found a whole lot of Buddha statues. Mark Wellwood writes: More »
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    WATCH Buddhism's "Singing Nun" Paid Member

    Posted by Rachel on 15 Mar 2011
    Last Sunday NPR's Weekend Edition program featured an interview with Ani Choying Drolma--otherwise known as Nepal's "Singing Nun." Drolma, a Tibetan Buddhist nun from Kathmandu, has become an international sensation--touring the world and performing traditional Buddhist chants and songs in the U.S., Brazil, China, Singapore, Russia, and France. During the interview Drolma discusses how her abusive father drove her to join a Buddhist monastery, her love of country music legend Bonnie Raitt, and the advice Drolma's teacher, Tulku Urgyen, gave her when Buddhists criticized her for singing traditional Tibetan Buddhist songs in public. Later in the interview, friends of Drolma's discuss the tremendous impact that she has had on the community: More »
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    Is Radiohead’s "Lotus Flower" a Buddhist lotus flower? Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 01 Mar 2011
    This guest blog post comes our way from Keepaway's Nick Nauman. See our short interview with him here. In the video for Radiohead’s new single, “Lotus Flower,” Thom Yorke dances. That’s it. He just wriggles and gyrates with an intensity that reminds me of the more physically engaged Buddhist practice I’ve seen in super-cool video esoterica and Indian monasteries. He looks like an art nerd doing his best impression of Charlie Chaplin as a lama dancer. Have you ever seen a really deep Tibetan start to fly? Thom Yorke’s twitchy boogie seems to go for that rigor-cum-spasmodicism.  More »
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    Compassion Music: 5 Questions with Keepaway’s Nick Nauman Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 21 Dec 2010
    I recently got together with Nick Nauman, a college friend from a semester in India. We ate burritos in Brooklyn. He’s a famous musician now—or on his way, at least. Back in 2005, we were students on the Antioch Buddhist Studies program, staying in Bodh Gaya’s legendary Burmese Vihar. For our independent study projects we both traveled to Sikkim, where he spent a few weeks learning how to play traditional Tibetan wind instruments. I remembered this when he told me that his band Keepaway—a trio made complete by band mates Mike Burakoff and Frank Lyon—was getting some attention and good reviews. I asked: “Is there a Buddhist influence on Keepaway’s music?” He answered “yes,” and I took out my notebook and tape recorder. More »