Dan Tranh to Tinh and his family is like a teddy bear that comforts them, despite whatever distance to their homeland. 

Tinh Than plays on the đàn tranh , a  tradtional plucked zither of Vietnam, whose origins come from an ancient bamboo-tube zither in Southeast Asia. Tinh Than as Subject Δ(Delta), remembers the past yet pushes forward, combining traditional methods with modern musical elements and localised textures, exploring its sonic compatibilities.

Tinh and I met at Cubby Art Parties event and eventually found ourselves talking about the sounds and instruments from our countries. Me with my Tabla and Tinh with his Dan Tranh. In this episode Tinh serenades us with his Dan Tranh while we discuss what family means and how as adults we navigate and create community. As custodians of our diverse beautiful cultures we remember and redefine what belongingness means from our names to our songs. Also what it means to create merging the traditional with the modern, whatever we create always carrying in it glimpses of our roots. 

Join us in the next episode to listen more. 

To listen to more of Tinh's works- https://soundcloud.com/tinh-tin