ITR - Unofficial Olympics Anthem - James Cameron & Glastonbury Street Choir

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RELEASED ON 30^th June 2008 AN UNOFFICIAL ANTHEM FOR THE 2008 OLYMPICS: ‘TIBET WILL BE FREE’

by James Cameron and the Glastonbury Street Choir

From the ancient English heart of Glastonbury comes this passionate envisioning of a free Tibet. ‘Tibet Will Be Free’ was recorded in 2001 by Glastonbury songwriter James Cameron, with the assistance of musician and studio owner Dave Eastoe – not forgetting the Glastonbury Street Choir – who were hauled out of the local café for the session.

After the recording James saw his song – with its lyrics partly translated into Spanish, and its reference to the utopian Buddhist paradise Shambala - make its first steps into the world, being heard and admired by the Dalai Lama. Sadly James died in 2003, but now in 2008, as public opinion worldwide supports the cause of a free Tibet, it goes live at online stores on the Pathfinder Audio label as an unofficial anthem for the Beijing games. It is backed with ‘World at the Crossroads’ by John Webster with Brindaband, also featuring instrumentation by Dave Eastoe, and first featured on John’s 2002 album ‘Songs for our Time’.

‘The power of any art is limited’ wrote Wordsworth, and perhaps it is hard to see a song making any impression on the apparently secure Chinese occupation of Tibet. But it is worth remembering that less than two decades after Lord Byron wrote `I dreamed that Greece might still be free’ Greece did in fact achieve independence. Hopefully James’s song will also be borne out by future events.

Tibet will be free, Tibet will be free,

Tibet will be free, Tibet sera libre

Every woman every man

Every child every dream

Tibet will be free, Tibet will be free

Todos las mujeres todos los hombres

Todos los ninos Tibet will be free

Shambala’s within you present your heart

You can move mountains you can see God

Like the crystal water into the sea

Intimacy, into me see

Emergency, emerge and see

Tibet will be free…..

Contacts: John Webster: Tel: 00 44 (0) 1865 765436

email: pathfinderaudio@googlemail.com

www.pathfinderaudio.co.uk

Dave Eastoe:

eastoe@yahoo.com

In Collaboration with InTouchRadio.net (Glastonbury, UK/GLOBAL) and Pathfinderaudio - listen to James Cameron's story with Dave Eastoe & Michael Dixon on InTouchRadio.net