To appreciate music, one must learn to listen. And to connect deeply with the beauty that music offers, one must learn to listen deeply. There are strains of the familiar and the beautiful waiting for ...

ULAN BATOR (Reuters Life!) - Bitonal humming is not a common form of patriotic protest, but for traditional Mongolian singers, it was the best way to lay claim to an art form they say has been usurped ...

This story was co-written by Stephanie Kiang and Sara Haleblian. Paragraphs written by Sara are italicized. Last year in one of my classes, I was introduced to throat singing in the most hilarious way ...

Clare Wilson reports the finding that an acoustic frequency of 40 hertz shows promise in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (6 January, p 6). This suggests an intriguing possibility. Chanting ...

ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Ulaanbaatar's urban music scene is buzzing with a new vibe created by a hip-hop duo mixing into their sound the traditional art of throat singing, or "Khoomei", as Mongolians ...

There is no question that the human voice is a remarkable musical instrument, but few singing styles hit that point home as well as overtone singing — commonly known as throat singing —does. And it’s ...