Denver – The legendary throat singers from Tuva, Huun-Huur-Tu, perform for the first time at Swallow Hill on Friday, November 3 at 8 p.m. The San Francisco Bay Guardian praises Huun-Huur-Tu, “The Tuvans will ride into your brain and leave hoof prints up and down your spine.” The Chicago Tribune claims, “It is unfamiliar yet very accessible, an other-worldly but deeply spiritual music that is rooted in the sounds of nature.” Huun-Huur-Tu, along with the Tuvan Ensemble has collaborated with such well known musicians as Frank Zappa, Ry Cooder, the Chieftains, Johnny Watson, the Kronos Quartet and L. Shankar. With sounds described as “haunting,” “beautiful,” “hypnotic,” “piercing” and “guttural” that bring to mind sounds of bird calls, mountain streams, open spaces and the galloping of horses, Dirty Linen describes the music as “both very spiritual and down to earth, grounded in a strong sense of place, yet its appeal is universal. The group bridges the gap between old and new like few others.”

Not only masterful in their throat singing technique, members of the group are also excellent instrumentalists who accompany themselves on traditional string and percussion instruments including the doshpuluur and the igil. Tuvans are a South Siberian Turkic people who have practiced the art of xöömei or throat-singing by transforming sounds of the natural world around them into musical representations and using voices to create auditory maps and representations of physical landscapes. The Oregonian says, “The members of Huun-Huur-Tu are perhaps the best known practitioners (of throat singing) and accompany themselves on all manner of strange and wonderful instruments ... The resulting sound is as compelling as a wild gallop across the steppes.”

For tickets visit swallowhillmusic.org or call (303) 777-1003. Discounts are available for Swallow Hill members.

About Swallow Hill Music Association:
Helping people make music since 1979, Swallow Hill Music Association is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United States as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. With more than 2,100 members—some of whom are also volunteers—, Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 150 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. The Julie Davis Music School at Swallow Hill provides a valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the community with more than 50 music instructors involved in more than 240 adult classes and 70 children's classes annually.

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