Some really amazing music

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:59 pm

I saw this group about 10 days ago and they were simply astounding.

If you're into folk/ethnic music you will enjoy.

This group is from Tuva, which is somewhere between mongolia and tibet.

Their special skill is "throat or overtone" singing. The can hold a note in the low range and then sing a melody on top of it. Some singers can actually sing chords.

here are a couple of clips, which aren't bad but nowhere near live.

the first is a good example of throat singing
the second one literally picked me up out of my seat and carried me away.

Huun Huur Tu at Philadelphia Folk Festival, August 2006

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darcy · Post by **darcy** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:57 pm

ugh. not at the songs : )

i will have to get back to this,, my internet speed is below dial-up again right now, 'n' it took me forever just to get 1-1/2mins. into the vid. then i gave up coz they hadn't started singing yet.