Interview

Diaspora Magazine. April 2001

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An interview with Riley Lee in April 2001, largely about TaikOz, Australia’s taiko group co-founded by Riley Lee and Ian Cleworth in 1996. TaikOz was soon to perform for the first time in Japan.

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Dumbo Feather Magazine. 2013

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Zen and the art of Shakuhachi seem an impossible path for a Chinese-American boy born in Texas in 1951, who grew up loving Led Zeppelin and country and western music. But for Riley Lee accidental journeys are what life is all about.

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New Living Magazine

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This interview took place in July 2000 at the time of release of the “Sanctuary” CD.

First, I really enjoyed your new CD and wish you much success with it. What inspired you to take up the shakuhachi flute and how long have you been playing it? How did you get into music to start with?

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On the Couch with Riley Lee. July 2019

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Who is Riley Lee?

Well, once he was a small and very lucky boy, who was allowed / encouraged by his parents to become anything he wanted to become – but only if he tried to be his absolutely very best, at least some of the time.

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