- Sister Drum
Infobox Album
Name = 阿姐鼓
Sister Drum
Type = studio
Artist =Dadawa
Released = 1995
Recorded =
Genre = New age
Length =
Label =
Producer =
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Last album = "Yellow Children "
(1992)
This album = Sister Drum
1995
Next album = "Voices From The Sky '
(1997)Sister Drum (阿姐鼓) is an album by Chinese singer
Dadawa , which heavily focuses on the politics ofTibet . The album is notable for being the first Asian CD to ship over one million copies in China. [http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/1996/2/27_2.html] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_dadawa.shtml] The album sparked an outrage for white-washing China's relationship with Tibet and exploiting the Tibetan culture in a commercial manner. [http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/1996/2/27_2.html] A music video was made for the title track.English track listing
#"Home Without Shadow" - 5:52
#"Sister Drum" - 5:46
#"Sky Burial" - 7:32
#"Di Swi Shin Kan, New Wei Shin Kan (Paradise Inferno)" - 4:41
#"Crossing the Ridge" - 5:59
#"Zhouma of Zhoumas" - 4:55
#"Turning Scripture" - 9:05References
* [http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/1996/2/27_2.html World Tibet News article]
* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,218975,00.html Artist Direct article showing track lengths]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_dadawa.shtml BBC Radio article]
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