Huun Huur Tu: Where Young Grass Grows, A World Music Post
Since AWM sent me an enormous pile of music, I have been introduced to quite a few new artists and styles. I picked up the CD entitled “Huun Huur Tu: Where Young Grass Grows.” From looking at the title, I had no idea what exactly to expect. I began to wonder Is this Finnish Black Metal about Nature and the Earth Mother Goddess? Or is it simply Estonian? After a few seconds of listening to the first track, I learned it was from a little farther East than Finland, for it turned out to carry some sounds of the North Asian musicians. I want to guess Mongolia. Oh yes, it does contain throat singing. As I have said repeatedly, throat singing is probably the hardest taste in music, I’ve ever had to acquire. For example, the first few times I heard it, I was just baffled by the way it sounded, and when I play throat singing for people who have never heard it before, they often have a similar “WTF?” kind of experience. This CD “Where Young Grass Grows,” sounds like a great one to introduce to p...
