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Songs From the Bardo
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  • Artist(s): Jesse Paris Smith, Tenzin Choegyal
  • Summary: The collaboration between Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith is said to be a guide through the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
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  1. AllMusic
    Sep 27, 2019
    90
    Songs from the Bardo adds immeasurably to the body of art inspired by The Bardo Thodol; it is presented without sensation, artificial drama, or tension. It is not only lovely and moving, but profoundly instructive, as only the best art can be.
  2. Pitchfork
    Sep 27, 2019
    84
    While based on a text to help the recently deceased reach rebirth, Songs of the Bardo is very much an album about life; a salve as much as a guide.
  3. The Wire
    Oct 16, 2019
    80
    Whatever your take on Tibetan Buddhism, this is done with powerful sincerity and musical sensibility. The Albanian born Kodheli in particular does a remarkable job, and I defy anyone to listen to Anderson’s voice for an hour and not become a better person. [Oct 2019, p.48]
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  4. Uncut
    Sep 27, 2019
    70
    An intriguing body of work. [Nov 2019, p.22]
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  5. Mojo
    Sep 27, 2019
    60
    Anderson's typically earnest, if uncharacteristically earnest, readings of Buddist sutras punchuate proceedings, and a pervading transcendence lingers long after the music has ceased.[Nov 2019, p.89]
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