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Brisbane-based Tenzin Choegyal powerfully recalls his Tibetan homeland in song.

Conversation and solo performances by songwriters living away from home. For this episode, Verity Sharp dials up Brisbane to hear from Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal.

As the year prepares to turn, Verity Sharp dials up singer songwriters who aren’t living in their country of birth. Are they more mindful of their roots at this time of year? Has the pandemic made them feel closer or further away from home? Or is music all they need to help keep them connected?
 
Fleeing Tibet, Tenzin Choegyal’s parents carried him across the mountains as a child. His homeland has been kept alive for him through the hearing and playing of his country’s traditional music. From his current home in Australia, he recalls the powerful, nomadic songs of his mother and suggests how smiling might just be the thing that saves us all.
 
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In her garage studio, Verity Sharp calls up folk musicians in lockdown across the country.

From her garage studio, Verity Sharp calls up musicians who are rooted in traditional music and asks them to sing something that's been resonating for them during lockdown.

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