MELODII TUVI: THROAT SONGS & FOLK TUNES OF TUVA, VARIOUS ARTISTS
MELODII TUVI: THROAT SONGS & FOLK TUNES OF TUVA
With the advent of the folk music revival in the 1960s, a new interest in Tuvan music swept through Asia and Eastern Europe, Capitalizing on this appeal, these recordings were issued in 1969 in the Soviet Union, For the first time on compact disc these traditional performances include several khoomei songs plus one modern take on the classic Tuvan sound, In khoomei, the singer simultaneously produces two more distinct musical notes: a low, sustained bass note and a flutelike higher note, The effect is hypnotic, eerie, and drone-like, unlike any sound you've ever heard come out of a cowboy. |