Category: Mongolian

Urna and Kroke: Ser

April 8, 2019

The grasslands of China’s Inner Mongolia region are far from any ocean, but Urna Chahar-Tugchi observes that her home turf is often called the “Sea of Songs”—a fitting metaphor for a rich musical culture and for Urna’s awe-inspiring voice, rising like a wave and sailing across a soundscape seemingly as expansive as her childhood horizon. She grew up in a family of herders … More Urna and Kroke: Ser

Anda Union: Homeland

February 21, 2017

In the dim light of a New York night club, a cavernous church in Oxford or in any secluded corner of the globe, the musicians of Anda Union recreate the open skies of the Central Asian grasslands. Through traditional vocals, overtone (throat) singing and Mongolian long song, playing horsehead fiddles, lutes, flutes and drums, they tell stories of herds and heroes, of lands and families. The driving forces of their music are nostalgia and a passion … More Anda Union: Homeland