Monday's mp3: Lament of the Igil
It was a fine evening for world music fans last night as Huun Huur Tu brought the sounds of the Tuvan steppe to Olymp
ia. HHT are one of the pioneering groups of overtone singing, having toured the world extensively. This track is from their first album, when Albert Kuvezin was still part of HHT (he left after this album and formed the harder-edged Yat-Kha, who recently released a crazy CD of rock covers called Re-Covers).
An igil, by the way, is a fretless, bowed, two-stringed Tuvan instrument, something like a lute. Perfect for laments.
[mp3] Huun Huur Tu: "Sygyt: Lament of the Igil"
from the album 60 Horses in My Herd
Huun Huur Tu has a couple more Washington gigs before they move on to Colorado. View tour schedule. Here's a video of the group from the Philadelphia Folk Festival in August.
Tags: worldmusic, tuva, throat singing, overtone singing, mp3, huun huur tu
ia. HHT are one of the pioneering groups of overtone singing, having toured the world extensively. This track is from their first album, when Albert Kuvezin was still part of HHT (he left after this album and formed the harder-edged Yat-Kha, who recently released a crazy CD of rock covers called Re-Covers).An igil, by the way, is a fretless, bowed, two-stringed Tuvan instrument, something like a lute. Perfect for laments.
[mp3] Huun Huur Tu: "
from the album 60 Horses in My Herd
Huun Huur Tu has a couple more Washington gigs before they move on to Colorado. View tour schedule. Here's a video of the group from the Philadelphia Folk Festival in August.
Tags: worldmusic, tuva, throat singing, overtone singing, mp3, huun huur tu
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posted by S A Stevens at
6:44 PM
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THIS IS A GOOD COOL SONG
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Anonymous, at Fri Oct 12, 04:55:00 AM 2007
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