Matthew Lien
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Matthew Carl Lien (pronounced /liːˈɛn/; born 10 May 1965 in San Diego, California) is a Yukon, Canada based world music singer-songwriter. His primary lyrical focus is on environmental themes.
During his childhood in San Diego, Lien would visit his father in Whitehorse, Yukon each summer, eventually moving there when he was 16.
Lien is highly regarded in Taiwan for his environmental music and his work with aboriginal people there. His profile in Taiwan is such that he is even sought for commercial endorsements.[1]
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[edit] Activism
Matthew Lien is the President of the John Graham Defense Committee, an organization formed to prevent the extradition of John Graham (aka John Boy Patton), a Southern Tutchone Athabascan man from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada who is accused of the murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. [1]
[edit] Discography
- 1987: Music to See By
- 1995: Bleeding Wolves
- 1997: Confluence
- 1999: Voyage to Paradise
- 1999: Caribou Commons (with various artists)
- 2000: Touching the Earth
- 2001: In So Many Words
- 2005: A Journey Of Water
- 2005: Arctic Refuge
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[edit] External links
- Matthew Lien official website
- Taiwan Headlines: "Matthew Lien - an arctic musician strikes a warm chord with Taiwan"
- The Globe and Mail: "Yukon Gold: A Canadian musician who's bigger than Jesus...in Taiwan" (11 March 2006, Alexandra Gill, accessed 21 May 2006 via Workopolis)
- MySpace: Matthew Lien
- (Chinese) Wind Records (Taiwan): Matthew Lien info
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