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Alash: Tuvan Throat Singing Re-Imagined Alash SXSW showcase review (The Austin Chronicle, 20 March 2009)
...Witnessing this traditional craft up close and personal is downright miraculous. ... Between the traditional instruments and the classic Tuvan style, this performance transcended both time and space.
Alash: Tuvan Throat Singing Re-Imagined Alash Featured on Grammy-Winning CD (Tuva Online, 16 February 2009)
Alash are featured as guest artists on a CD which has just won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. ...
Alash: Tuvan Throat Singing Re-Imagined Alash: Tuvan Throat Singing Re-Imagined (WNYC, 14 January 2009)
... The Alash Ensemble honors that heritage [Tuvan throat singing] with a modern twist. ...
Shyngyrash All the Way Shyngyrash, Shyngyrash (Tuva Online, 22 December 2008)
Alash just wrapped up a tour of the United States...[which was] very special because Alash made several joint appearances with America's premier banjo player Béla Fleck, and his group the Flecktones.
Bady-Dorzhu Ondar wins car Winner of Grand Prize for Throat Singing Receives a Car
(Tuva Online, 27 July 2008)
Bady-Dorzhu Ondar wins the Grand Prize for throat singing and receives a car at the 2008 Xöömei Symposium. (English translation; Russian version)
Alash: Throats of Glory Alash: Throats of Glory (The Cornell Daily Sun, 13 February 2008)
Last Friday, the first day of the new month, three incredible Tuvan throat singers performed at Barnes Hall....
Tuvan Fusion Tuvan Fusion (Tuva Online, 25 January 2008)
Tapping out a lively beat, the Tuvan drummer set the pace....
Alash Returns to a Warm Welcome in New York Alash Returns to a Warm Welcome in New York (Tuva Online, 14 January 2008)
Alash started their tour with a very special concert on January 11, 2008....
Bady-Dorzhu Ondar awarded People's Xöömeizhi Bady-Dorzhu Ondar is awarded the title People's Xöömeizhi of Tuva
(Tuva Online, 6 December 2007)
A soloist of the Alash ensemble, 23-year-old Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, has been awarded the title People's Xöömeizhi of Tuva.... (English translation; Russian version)
Review of Alash CD on Khoomei.com Alash CD reviewed (Khoomei.com, 15 July 2007)
... Alash succeeds because because they have beautiful emotional voices, with tones and expressiveness that match their vocal gymnastics. Together with good instrumental skills, and a maturing musical vision, this makes for a fine listening experience, indeed! ...
Review of Alash and Extra Special Terrestrial Guests, Washington Post Alash and Extra Special Terrestrial Guest Concert Review
(Washington Post, 21 June 2007— scroll down to Alash Ensemble)
If you weren't at Warehouse Theater on Tuesday, you missed one of the most surprising and breathtaking double-bills to blow through Washington this year....
Alash and Sun Ra Arkestra concert Alash and Sun Ra Arkestra concert, Live Journal blog (19 June 2007)
I went to the concert last night, and I'm very glad I did ...
Alash Ensemble, Washington City Paper, June 14, 2007 Alash Ensemble (Washington City Paper, 14 June 2007)
Tuvan throat singing had its moment in 1999, when master performer Kongar-ool Ondar and American blues musician Paul Pena were the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary Genghis Blues...
Tuvan Alash Shares Throat Singing Skills with Americans Tuvan Alash Shares Throat Singing Skills with Americans (Tuva Online, 14 May 2007)
Tuvan music is echoing through the halls of U.S. schools thanks to the Alash Ensemble. ....[UNPO also published the article]
Throat singer returns from Siberia for concerts Throat singer returns from Siberia for concerts
(North Shore Now [now Milwaukee Journal Sentinel], 25 April 2007)
It has been a long journey for Sean Quirk from growing up in Whitefish Bay to living in Siberia. ...
Bady-Dorzhu Ondar wins horse Young throat singer receives horse as grand prize for best xöömei
(Tuva Online, 26 May 2006)
A soloist of Alash ensemble, the young throat singer Bady-Dorzhu Ondar, has won Best in Competition among xöömei artists and has received a horse as Grand Prize (English translation; Russian version) ...
Hearts in Their Throats (article from Newsweek, March 17, 2006) Hearts in Their Throats (Newsweek, 17 March 2006)
Tuva's throat-singing musicians have hit the United States. A talk with the country's superstar [Kongar-ool Ondar].
Open World Program Offers Rare Glimpse of Unique Musical Art) Open World Program Offers Rare Glimpse of Unique Musical Art
(Open World Leadership Center, 1 February 2006)
Tuvan throat singing group Alash—one of the world's foremost practitioners of this rare musical art form—will be performing in the New York City area in early March ...