Jigme Drukpa

Jigme Drukpa is a Bhutanese musician and singer of traditional folk songs, born in 1969 in the small village of Wongchelo, in Pemagatshel, eastern Bhutan.

[2] Drukpa produced the country's first mass release in 1989 on a Sony Walkman, individually recording 100 cassettes.

[3] Drukpa acted and performed in two Bhutanese films, Travellers & Magicians and Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait, both made by Khyentse Norbu, aka Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.

He appeared as himself in the documentary Bløf about a Dutch rock band giving a concert in Bhutan.

[5] He plays multiple instruments, including the dramyin, fipple flute and plant leaf whistle.

Bhutanese musician Jigme Drukpa playing the dramyin (or dranyen), at Thimphu Press Club in 2023.