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 treat ...

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 ...

During his life, Kongar-ol Ondar brought global exposure to the obscure art of Tuvan throat singing through his appearance in an Oscar-nominated documentary and a slew of performances that charmed the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dhani Harrison can’t help that he sounds just like his dad. It’s not only his singing voice, or his aesthetic voice as a songwriter. When he enthuses about spiritual healing, oneness with nature and ...

What kid hasn't done the old shake-up-a-soda-bottle-and-watch-it-explode trick? Darryl Baynes takes that natural curiosity in children and runs with it during his "Explosive Science" program, coming ...

The lyrics to the group’s “Fly Fly My Sadness,” the title track of their 1996 album featuring the Bulgarian women’s choir, (Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares/The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices) were ...

Tuvan throat singing trio Alash will be performing at the Weis Center on Wednesday, Feb. 8. There will be a free lecture, Q&A and demonstration with the artists on Tuesday, Feb. 7 from 3-4:20 p.m. in ...

It sounds like a handful of hummingbirds taunting an ogre: a fluctuating, high-pitched series of harmonics and a low, guttural drone coming out of a person’s voicebox at the same time. It’s eerie.

From the what-I-did-on-my-weekend department comes this little report: I caught the Alash Ensemble, a four-man group from Tuva, in central Asia and was more than a little blown away by its music, ...