The Canadian Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq makes music that seems to cleanse the body. The form that she practices uses guttural sounds and breaths to produce a physical performance of groans, gasps ...

Shina Novalinga is one of a handful of singers from her Indigenous tribe shifting the social media spotlight to Inuit throat singers in Canada. Each song has a different meaning that imitates the ...

Grazing yaks, windblown plains and bubbling rivers — these are the soundscape of the remote steppe of central Asia. In Tuva, a Russian republic between Siberia and Mongolia, these are also the sounds ...

“Inuktitut was my first language, but I’m slowly losing it since I don’t really have that opportunity to practice my culture as much as if I lived up north,” she recently said in a TikTok video. “That ...

It's a basso croak that becomes a roar, while carrying a tune. It's an otherworldly sound that combines a hum, a whistle a flute, and the buzzy overtones of electronic music Since antiquity, the ...

JADED FANS OF alternative music won't be surprised to hear one of the finest examples of the genre is quite literally an imitation. Isn't everything? Well, not in the strictest sense of the word. In ...

The musical quartet Huun Huur Tu will bring an innovative genre of music that combines traditional instruments and funky rhythms when it visits SUNY Cortland on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The group, from ...

The Tuvan throat-singing band Alash Ensemble has toured the world demonstrating both their cultural heritage as well as their vocal mastery. Their incredible ability to sing low and high notes ...

During his life, Kongar-ol Ondar brought global exposure to the obscure art of Tuvan throat singing through his appearance in an Oscar-nominated documentary and a slew of performances that charmed the ...

Inuk throat singer Shina Novalinga captured audiences last year when she posted a video of her and her mom throat singing on TikTok. Shina Novalinga Uses Social Media To Preserve, Celebrate Inuit ...

This is part of Global Sounds, a collection of stories spotlighting the music trends forging connections in 2024. Shina Novalinga’s TikTok videos regularly rack up millions of views, but this ...