My flute teacher, a veteran jazz player and educator, sent me this video today. I was floored. I know a thing or two about Tuvan singing, having followed it for over twenty years with music from ...
Dhani Harrison can’t help that he sounds just like his dad. It’s not only his singing voice, or his aesthetic voice as a songwriter. When he enthuses about spiritual healing, oneness with nature and ...
During his life, Kongar-ol Ondar brought global exposure to the obscure art of Tuvan throat singing through his appearance in an Oscar-nominated documentary and a slew of performances that charmed the ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. An introductory course exploring “throat singing” (or overtone singing) as practiced and performed by the people of Tuva. We will explore this ...
You don’t often hear throat singing — a traditional vocal technique for singing in overtones. Generally the domain of goat-herding Tuvans or Tibetan monks, it’s rarely performed by Americans. But ...
It sounds like a handful of hummingbirds taunting an ogre: a fluctuating, high-pitched series of harmonics and a low, guttural drone coming out of a person’s voicebox at the same time. It’s eerie.
The musical quartet Huun Huur Tu will bring an innovative genre of music that combines traditional instruments and funky rhythms when it visits SUNY Cortland on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The group, from ...