(Reuters) - Kongar-ol Ondar, a Tuvan throat singer credited with popularizing the centuries-old musical tradition of his homeland to Western audiences, died on Thursday after emergency surgery to ...

As they began touring in the West seventeen years ago, Huun Huur Tu almost single-handedly introduced the outside world to the boundless wealth of Tuvan traditions, thanks in great part to their ...

The ancient art of Tuvan throat singing is coming to Ferndale Jan. 27 as the award-winning trio Alash takes the stage at The Old Steeple, 246 Berding St. “Throat singing is an incredible sound that ...

Grazing yaks, windblown plains and bubbling rivers — these are the soundscape of the remote steppe of central Asia. In Tuva, a Russian republic between Siberia and Mongolia, these are also the sounds ...

Alash are a Tuvan trio of singers and multi-instrumentalists Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan-ool Sam, and Ayan Shirizhik. Founded in 2005, the group perform khoomei, also known as Tuvan throat singing, a ...

My flute teacher, a veteran jazz player and educator, sent me this video today. I was floored. I know a thing or two about Tuvan singing, having followed it for over twenty years with music from ...

Tonight, The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, will host Tuvan throat singing group Alash. Albany is the group’s first stop on its U.S. tour, where audiences will hear music performed in a ...

Tuvan musician Albert Kuvezin (center) and his band, Yat-Kha, have performed in China since the 1990s. [Photo provided to China Daily] Albert Kuvezin is one of the first musicians from the Russian ...