From the backroom of a Basque hotel in the Great Basin, Tuvan throat singing flows out through the bar, over the train tracks, and into the vast sagebrush steppes.
Alash Ensemble || Ayan-ool Sam, Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan Shirizhik
Igil - a 2 string bowed instrument with the head of a horse. (made by Oktober Saya)
Kengirge - A big floor drum, played with mallets (made by Ayan Shirizhik and Sholban Salchak)
Shyngyrash - a string of bells that sits atop the Kengirge (made by Ayan Shirizhik)
Doshpuluur - a three stringed banjo-like instrument (made by Sholban Salchak)
Alash Ensemble on this tour || Ayan Shirizhik, Enrique Ugalde, Ayan-ool Sam (Photo by Sean Quirk)
Styles of Xöömei (aka Tuvan throat singing)
•Sygyt | Kargyraa | Xöömei
Ezenggileer | Borbangnadyr
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featuring:
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Enrique Ugalde (sitting in with Alash) • Music
Thanks to: Katie Doyle Donovan, Sierra Jickling, Eleanor Qull, Emily Pratt, Mike Corbitt, Scott Mortimore, Mike Branch, Sydney Martinez, Ayan-ool Sam, Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, Ayan Shirizhik, Enrique Ugalde, and Sean Quirk.
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