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Tibetan Band Melong Live in New York City 2010 melongband 3,683 views Tibetan Rock band Melong performing at the Yushu Tibet Earthquake Benefit concert in New York City. The song is Bhod Rig Punda originally written and performed by Rangzen S...
Teri Deewani feat. Indian Idol Prasant Tamang, Tenzing Jigme(Melong Band) & Yeshi Khando melongband 10,556 views Indian Idol Prasant Tamang joins Tenzing Jigme (Guitars) from Melong Band on Stage in New York performing Hindi Song Teri Deewani by Kailesh Kher. Singer is Yeshi Khando an...
Rangzen (Rap Version) melongband 451 views This song features Mc Rebel and Tenzing Jigme (Melong Band) and is from the album Rise Resist Return.. The song is produced by Ryan Conway and Tenzing Jigme.
MELONG PERFORMING BHUMO TSERING TSOMO LIVE IN NEW YORK melongband 2,037 views Tibetan rock band Melong performing Bhumo Tsering Tsomo at the Kyidong Concert in New York 09/26/09.
MELONG PERFORMING KHARAG SONG LIVE IN NEW YORK melongband 1,256 views Tibetan Rock band Melong performing their version of Kharag, an old Tibetan traditional folk song at the Kyidong Concert held in New York 09/26/09.
Melong Band Live in San Francisco melongband 1,747 views Short sound bytes of songs performed by Melong at the Rangzen concert in San Francisco on Nov 7/09
Melong Band Jammin in San Francisco melongband 433 views Tibetan rock band Melong jammin in San Francisco.
Melong Unplugged (September 2009) melongband 1,581 views Melong jamming a classic Tibetan song.
melong band on Voice of Tibet (VOT) Radio melongband 1,920 views An interview of Tenzin Ngawang by the Voice of Tibet radio about the Melong Band and their new album.
Melong Band - Welcome to melongband.com intro melongband 652 views This is video from melongband.com website which shows the bandmembers welcoming the visitors. Uploaded to youtube on melongband acct for alternate access.

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Melong is a Tibetan rock band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The only Tibetan rock band in the United States, Melong released its debut album titled Notes in Exile on July 6 this year to coincide with the birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The album comprised of all original songs composed by the band members and received rave reviews in the community.
Melongs music is a combination of different genres influenced by rock, reggae and blues. The band excels at incorporating traditional Tibetan instruments like Dranyen and Piwang into the songs which makes their sound unique and interesting. This summer the band performed in Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco and New York as part of an awareness raising campaign called the Tibetan Freedom Tour.
Notes in Exile feature haunting songs of freedom and solidarity to a musical accompaniment of expertly blended western and eastern sound. Band members promise to keep the struggle for their people in Tibet alive and to continue to make music to raise awareness of the situation inside Tibet. Music has always played a vital role in most freedom movements in history, says Tenzing Jigme, guitarist of Melong, and an activist for the Tibetan Freedom movement. Singers and songwriters in Tibet are not free to sing freedom or protest songs yet they continue to make music and sing songs of hope. They give us hope. We sing our songs of freedom for them.
All the band members except for drummer George Dorjee are Tibetan. Lead singer Tenzin Ngawang trained and performed at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala, India. Guitarist Tenzing Jigme studied Music at the University of Colorado in Denver, and played bass in a funk band for five years. Bass guitarist Jampa has been involved in the Tibetan music scene in Dharamsala for many years. Drummer George Dorjee and part-time keyboards player Tashi Phuntsok round off this quintet. Together, the bands diverse backgrounds bring a new element to their sound which they hope will serve as an alternative platform for the unheard voices of Tibetans in Tibet.

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