Tuva - Voices from the Center of Asia
From the Smithsonian sound archives,this recording from features all of the various styles of Tuvan throat singing (khoomei),popularized to some degree in the West by groups such as Huun-Huur Tu and the movie Genghis Blues. The five styles are all given equal time: kargiraa,sigit,borbannadir,ezengileer,and khoomei. As would be expected by such an enterprise from the Smithsonian Folkways arm,the musicians are all excellent at what they do and perform their works beautifully. The main detractor on