World Music on Continental Drift

Probably, when most of us hear Mongolia the first thing that comes to our minds is Genghis Khan. A king (Khan) that united Mongolia and concurred almost half of the world. In this edition of the Continental Drift show we explore variety of traditional, folk, instrumental, and modern music of Mongolia which is strongly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism, the dominant religion of Mongolia. As any other country with an ancient history, Mongolia has incredibly vast and diverse styles and types of music and we tried to reflect this in our playlist. On this show, we also investigated the following traditional musical instruments of Mongolia: Hel Khuur (Jew’s Harp), Limbe, Morin Khuur, Yatga, Hokhuur, and Shanz. For more information and pictures of these instruments please click here. Most of the music for this show came from two compilation albums: Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia and Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia.

Playlist:

• Mongolia – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Hunting Cavalcade – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Girl In Love – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• A Fine Horse – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Spring Scenery On The Mongolia Grassland – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Twelve Shengxiaos – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Poems In the Strings of the Khuur – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Oh My Baby – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Drawl Song of Mongolia – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Ode to the Royal Court – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• The Sun that Shines Above the Earth – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• My Light Baby Horse – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• The Ten Fingers and the Fifteen Day Moon – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• A Folklore of the Hulunbel Grassland – (from the Oriental Charm Series: Mongolia CD)

• Jew’s Harp Solo: The Hazy Mountains – The Name of a Man – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Limbe Solo – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Morinxuur Solo – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Hoxuur Solo – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Shanz Solo – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Mouth Music – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Long Song – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Domun – (from the Vocal & Instrumental Music Of Mongolia CD)

• Altan Urag – Waves Mother Mongolia