She settled first in Australia, where she moved in 1993. She began touring the country and then, at the request of the Buddhist Dharma center she attended, began singing the prayers for the meditation sessions. That material ended up as her debut, Tibetan Prayer, which won the 1995 Australian Recording Industry Award for best world music album. That disc found its way to Peter Gabriel and the following year, Lhamo was invited to his Real World studios to re-record the disc for his label. Released in 1996 as Tibet, Tibet, it featured the Gyoto Monks and brought her crashing into the world music scene, touring Europe and performing at the Day for Tibet celebrations. 1997 took her to the U.S. for the first time, appearing at Carnegie Hall, then the Free Tibet concert, and the traveling Lilith Fair, contributing to live albums from Lilith Fair and the Tibetan Freedom Concert, as well as to the soundtrack of Seven Years in Tibet. A year later came a new record, Coming Home, produced by Hector Zazou, which veered closer to New Age in its approach, although the singing was as pure as before. She continued to tour and appeared as a guest on Natalie Merchant's Ophelia. ~ Chris Nickson