''Alash'' - Throat Singers Of Tuva W/ Garth Stevenson And Annie Lynch

"Imagine a human bagpipe-a person who could sing a sustained low note while humming an eerie, whistle-like melody. For good measure, toss in a thrumming rhythm similar to that of a jaw harp, but produced vocally-by the same person, at the same time." Newsweek
THE Tiny Republic Of Tuva is a giant when it comes to mastery of the human voice. The ancient tradition of throat singing (xoomei in Tuvan) developed among the nomadic herdsmen of Central Asia, people who lived in yurts, rode horses, raised… Show more yaks, sheep and camels, and had a close spiritual relationship with nature. Passed down through the generations but largely unheard by the outside world, xoomei is now the subject of international fascination and has become Tuva

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