May 20th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Musicians like rapper T-Pain might have popularized the use of auto-tune in pop music, but he's actually not the first to alter his voice in pursuit of a good tune. In fact, a tribe of nomadic herdsmen from Tuva, a province in the furthest wilds of Russia, have been practicing a curious form of vocal chord manipulation called throat singing as far back as anyone can remember.
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Round the World in 80 Sounds: Five Tuvan Throat Singing Videos
May 20th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Musicians like rapper T-Pain might have popularized the use of auto-tune in pop music, but he's actually not the first to alter his voice in pursuit of a good tune. In fact, a tribe of nomadic herdsmen from Tuva, a province in the furthest wilds of Russia, have been practicing a curious form of vocal chord manipulation called throat singing as far back as anyone can remember.
This unique style ...Round the World in 80 Sounds - Latintronica
May 13th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Welcome back to Gadling's newest weekly series on music, Round the World in 80 Sounds. Europe and North America are not the only place for great dance music these days. Increasingly music fans, DJ's and dancers the world over are looking south of the border to the dynamic and growing electronic music scenes in countries like Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. The forward-thinking sounds coming from ...Round the World in 80 Sounds: Blues, Bamako & beats in Mali
May 6th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Welcome back to Gadling's new series on music around the world, Round the World in 80 Sounds. Blues. Rock 'n Roll. Two distinctly American styles of music, right? That's only half true, actually. In fact, some might say you also need to head to the West African nation of Mali to find the answer. For many years, travelers had little reason to investigate this barren desert country, home to the ...Round the World in 80 Sounds: China's rock star rising
Apr 22nd, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Beijing, China is a noisy place. China's capital and largest city treats visitors' ears to an endless stream of sputtering cars, clanking construction cranes and chattering pedestrians. But amidst all this growth, you could be forgiven for missing one particularly surprising sound – the strumming of an electric guitar. It's the sound of an Asian rock scene on the rise – a new crop ...Round the World in 80 Sounds: What's World Music?
Apr 15th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
What is World Music? How has such a bland, vague term come to describe the rich and divergent music of thousands of cultures, from sub-Saharan Gnawa to Colombian Cumbia and Tuvan Throat Singing? For too long, it's been the descriptor anywhere we buy or hear international music, from record stores to digital outlets like iTunes, relegating hundreds of diverse artists to a single heap because of ...
