#3467: Music from Central Asia

New Sounds | May 13, 2013

Listen to music from the steppes of central Asia on this New Sounds. Hear the overtone singing of Huun Huur Tu colliding with the New York folk/world group Hazmat Modine. There’s also music from the Mongolian group, Hanggai, recorded in the WNYC studios. Hear music by Russian composer Anton Batagov and a Buddhist monk from Republic of Kalmykia. Plus, listen to other voices from the Eurasian steppes, including a singer from the Russian region of Buryatia, Namgar Lhasaranova, whose 4-person group goes by “Namgar,” and performs traditional Buryat and Mongolian music.

PROGRAM # 3467, Music from Central Asia (First aired on 5/13/2013)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Huun Huur Tu	Ancestor's Call	Odugen Taiga [8:55]	World Village 468107 www.worldvillagemusic.com
Namgar	The Dawn of the Foremothers	Zugaalae (herders) [5:23]	Unsung Productions www.unsung-productions.com namgarfolk.com/foremothers
Hazmat Modine, feat. Huun Huur Tu	Bahamut	It Calls Me [3:10]	Geckophonic #CPZ009 www.hazmatmodine.com
Anton Batagov & Telo Tulku Rinpoche	Bodhicharyavatara	Adopting the Spirit of Awakening (3rd chapter) [9:52]	Tummo 9017 www.batagov.com
Sainkho	Out of Tuva	Tanola Nomads [6:02]	Cramworld #Craw-6 www.crammed.be
Hanggai	Live on Soundcheck 9/18/09	Five Heroes [4:52]	This performance not commercially available. The tune appears on “Introducing Hanggai” on World Music Network
Värttinä, feat. Huun Huur Tu	Vihma	Mieleni alenevi [2:57]	Wicklow/BMG #63262 Out of print, but download from Emusic.com, iTunes or Amazon.com
Vladimir Martynov, with Huun Huur Tu	Children of the Otter	Children of the Otter, excerpt [5:53]	DVD release only Greenwave Music greenwavemusic.ru

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