I have, actually, thanks to having a sampler album of Canadian music that has some Tanya Tagaq on it. :) (Or I think I have: the link's broken and only redirects to the CBC's main page. May be because I'm not located in Canada, who knows.)
As for Tanya - I've been meaning to buy her first two CDs (Sinaa and Auk), but I never liked her quite enough to spend money on them.
If you like throat singing, there used to be a band called "Big Sky" from Minneapolis who sometimes included Siberian throat singing in their music. There's a song called "Siberia" on their debut (and, as far as I know, only) CD, "Standing on this Earth", that features khoomei throat singing. You can get it from all the usual online music stores, I think, and it may well be on Youtube, too. Quite neat.
Tanya's music is definitely very interesting - I'll have to check out this new album of hers (wonder if it's on Youtube). I'd previously encountered her on a sampler called "Sonic Weave 2003", though I don't recall why I bought that in the first place. From what I remember, I think I actually heard of her elsewhere and got this one because it had two tracks by her on it.
Yeah, there's quite a few bands called "Big Sky", unfortunately. :P The album I mean is available here on amazon.com, for instance, including track previews. It's very nice.
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As for Tanya - I've been meaning to buy her first two CDs (Sinaa and Auk), but I never liked her quite enough to spend money on them.
If you like throat singing, there used to be a band called "Big Sky" from Minneapolis who sometimes included Siberian throat singing in their music. There's a song called "Siberia" on their debut (and, as far as I know, only) CD, "Standing on this Earth", that features khoomei throat singing. You can get it from all the usual online music stores, I think, and it may well be on Youtube, too. Quite neat.
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I'm just listening to Big Sky now. I like this too.
*chuckle* Dog thought it was a new pony tune.
...actually, this could make a pretty sweet pony tune.
**edit** Oops, found the wrong band/song at first.
I was playing this: http://youtu.be/6xWKFSrjSbI
...don't know how I could have... *chuckle* Sunday, no coffee yet.
I think this is the real song.
http://khoomei.com/bigsky/mp3/siberia.mp3
Very cool. I've been fascinated with throat singing since I was a kid.
Thanks for the link, I'll have to check these guys out. :)
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Yeah, there's quite a few bands called "Big Sky", unfortunately. :P The album I mean is available here on amazon.com, for instance, including track previews. It's very nice.
I think this is the real song.
http://khoomei.com/bigsky/mp3/siberia.mp3
Very cool. I've been fascinated with throat singing since I was a kid.
Yes, that's it! And it is very cool, isn't it?
Throat signing is fascinating, I agree. The CD's liner notes talk about the song a bit, BTW:
"Producer's note: Johnna wrote the Song "Siberia" in 1995 while I was in the central Asian Republic of Tuva. This remote Siberian region ( ... )
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