Naked at the Albert Hall review – Tracey Thorn’s eloquent study of song

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
An insightful ‘insider’s guide’ to the art of singing by the Everything But the Girl vocalist ... This “inside story of singing” is wide ranging, charting her own development (from the “joyous experience” of singing along to Patti Smith’s Horses as a teenager to becoming a professional singer) and examining the mechanics of singing and anatomy of the throat, since “singing is a physical activity as much as an emotional one”....

Ganapati Groove Downright Earthy Party

Edit Skiddle 04 May 2016
Ravi is also an accomplished throat singer. Both musicians also sing and play a variety of percussion including udu, balafon, temple bowls and cahon ... His music is the result of a lifetime exploring the edges of music through songwriting, world music, throat singing and a personal journey that has taken him from India to The Amazon ... Tom started singing kirtan at the Shivananda yoga centre in Putney and with a Hare Krishna band in 1993 ... ....

Mnozil Brass, Children of the Light Trio highlight Lawrence’s 2016-17 Performing Arts Series (Lawrence University)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
(Source. Lawrence University). World-renowned Mnozil Brass and the impeccable Children of the Light Trio headline a diversely talented array of artists Lawrence University's 2016-17 Performing Arts Series ... 16 ... They are a hoot!' ... 7 ... Classically trained vocalists, RoT performs an eclectic repertoire commissioned specifically for the group, branching into everything from Tuvan throat singing, yodeling, Korean P'ansori and Hindustani music....

Calling All Hockey Fans: The Stanley Cup(R) and NHL Alumni(TM) to Arrive in Yellowknife and Six Communities in Nunavut (The Bank of Nova Scotia)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Apr 2016
(Source. The Bank of Nova Scotia). IQALUIT, NU--(Marketwired - April 27, 2016) - Scotiabank and its partners, the NHL, Project North, First Air and Canadian Tire Corporation, are inviting northern communities to a special celebration of hockey, Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, April 30 ... Who. ... Kugluktuk ... Community celebration of hockey with the Stanley Cup, featuring a cultural presentation with throat singing taking place on the sea ice....

The amazing voice of Freddie Mercury

Edit The Hindu 25 Apr 2016
Now, if those three words sound so complicated, what would the actual analysis be like? Words like ‘sub-harmonics’, ‘ventricular folds’, ‘median speaking fundamental frequency’ and ‘Tuvan throat singing’ were regularly used ... Some sing similar to their natural spoken voice, while others use an artificial ‘falsetto’....

Scientists Confirm Freddie Mercury’s Golden Voice Was A Natural Wonder

Edit Inquisitr 19 Apr 2016
They examined recordings of him both speaking and singing, the vocal chords of a rock singer imitating him, and considered anecdotal evidence regarding his vocal range, Consequence of Sound reported ... Freddie Mercury was capable of something called subharmonics, which are most famously used in Tuvan throat singing (considered a more extreme version of the ability)....

Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa unveils Top 12 contestants! (Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Apr 2016
You've watched thousands of young aspirants from across the country sing their way into the auditions of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa ... now, celebrate their victories as only the best amongst the lot secure their positions amongst the Top 12 and embark on their journey of singing on India's biggest singing reality show! So, here's unveiling the Top 12 contestants. ... Their full-throated singing gives goosebumps to many....

Beatboxer Tom Thum and BBC Proms take leap into the unknown

Edit The Guardian 14 Apr 2016
Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video ... @m_onicatan ... Related ... trumpets, trombone, tuba, double bass, synth bass, bass, a lot of different drums (obviously), guiro, electric tom toms, 808 claps, distorted guitars, turntables, crackling vinyl, low pass and high pass filters, sitar, tuvan throat singing (to a degree), sirens, car alarms, traffic crossing signals, chainsaws ... How do your mouth and throat feel after a gig? ... ....

No more zingers: Shorten finds his voice at last

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 08 Apr 2016
It's an incongruous pairing. Labor leader Bill Shorten, the ruthless right-wing political operator; and a self-proclaimed "left field artist" and master of the ancient art of throat singing, Dean Frenkel. He's given up the zingers ... He first gained a measure of fame as a throat singer, an ancient musical form originated in Mongolia  14,000 years ago that sees otherworldly sounds brought forth ranging across tone ... ....

Why indie fans of the 2000s were intolerable

Edit New Statesman 07 Apr 2016
Men inexplicably wore hats and women thought they fancied that guy from The Kooks. It was a dark time. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img="">. In my early twenties, I came to probably the most important realisation of my entire life ... All power to him though; sounding simultaneously Welsh, Mancunian and cockney is probably the UK’s answer to Mongolian throat singing ... Getty ....

Bach: St John Passion CD review – a powerful reading from René Jacobs

Edit The Guardian 03 Apr 2016
4 / 5 stars ... (Harmonia Mundi) ... He favours strongly profiled rhythms, chorales with end-of-line pauses, and full-throated singing from the RIAS Chamber Choir (16 singers, augmented for the chorales) ... ....

For Roomful of Teeth, It’s All About the Polyphony

Edit New York Times 01 Apr 2016
The vocal octet, which incorporates Inuit throat singing, yodeling and other traditions into its music, performed at the Park Avenue Armory ... ....

DMSC Presents brings Hanggai to Des Moines on April 3

Edit The Examiner 01 Apr 2016
The series' fourth installment features music from Mongolian folk band Hanggai ... The band, consisting of members from Inner Mongolia and Beijing, has blended the ancient art of throat-singing and traditional Mongolian folk music with modern punk, pop, rock, and world music ... ....
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