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Say Hello to Huun Huur Tu

Its Huun Huur Tu is a rock band maskerading as a Tuvan throat singng ensemble, or the other way around…?

In traditional Tuvan culture, making music is more than just a frolic; it’s a way to connect with nature. Tuvans simulate the sounds of the wide open plains with throat singing (“overtone singing”), a form of vocalizing in which a singer can make multiple tones at once, high and low. In this video we meet one of our favorite throat singing ensembles from Tuva, Huun Huur Tu.

Yat Kha takes us to a Tuvan Gadda Da Vida

There is no band better at briging cultral divides than Tuvan punk ensemble, Yat-Kha….

We end our short but very sweet tour of Tuva with one of our favorite things ever. In this video Yat-Kha performs the heck out of the Iron Butterfly song “In a Gadda Da Vida,” throat singing and all. It’s East meets West meets awesome.

See you next week in our online class for a visit to Xinjian.

Late Night Meets Ondar

Tuvan throat singer, Kongar-ol Ondar, is the king of cool….

Tuvan throat singing master Kongar-ool Ondar was one of the throat singers from Tuva who made international waves before his abrupt passing in 2013. Here he is making friends around the world on late night TV.

Alash and Shodekh

All Around This World loves Alash Ensemble, the tremendous Tuvan ensemble with a mission — to take traditional Tuvan throat singing to the international masses!

There are other throat singing juggernauts from Russia’s “Tyva Republic” but Alash Ensemble, as you’ll see in this video, especially endears itself to us because it makes ancient Central Asian traditional singing seem like the sound of the future. We’ll enjoy Alash even more in a few weeks when our class takes us to Tuva.