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Article: Mother-Earth! Father-Sky!(Mixed Media)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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by Huun-Huur-Tu featuring Sainkho (Jaro 4281-2 CD)
This quartet of Tuvan throat-singers and musicians make music which is entwined with everyday life on the Steppes. Sporting the ethereal sounds of the doshpuluur lute, the two-stringed igil (horsehead fiddle), shamanic drums and (even) hooves--plus a smattering of acoustic guitars--Huun-Huur-Tu could share a sonic affinity with bluegrass were it not for the extraordinary resonances of their sygyt (whistling) and overtone singing. And, if this isn't enough, there's Sainkho Namtchylak, too.
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The most famous of all Tuva's overtone singers, ...