[coke]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good recording of this type of music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wHbIWH_NGc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxK4pQgVvfg&feature=related

Thanks 

[giantsteps]

  http://mongolianmusic.blogspot.com/


 Frank

[Russell Dawkins]

"Deep in the Heart of Tuva"
http://tinyurl.com/4c3gysx

It turns out they used to sing some of their songs on horseback on long trips and so the rhythms, like some older C&W music, reflect the horse's gait. Extraordinary.

I don't think I had heard Mongolian, or Tuvan, or whatever the fellow is speaking until I listened to the first link posted by coke. It doesn't sound much like any other language I have heard.

[low.pfile]

In case you haven't seen it the movie Genghis Blues is very cool.

[Russell Dawkins]

What a great story that is - a blind guy who lives for the radio hears Tuvan throat singing on Radio Moscow shortwave and through dogged determination learns how to do it, eventually travels to Tuva and enters a throat singing competition and does really well.

http://tinyurl.com/4knpfbu

[2gumby2]

For some very cool related music, do a search for Yat Kha. Amazon carries several of their titles. Another good thing about Yat Kha is that their sound quality is outstanding and I would regard it as audiophile quality. Their Re-Cover is a particularly interesting album with some of the most fun covers I've ever heard.