chrl42 wrote:skilfautdire wrote:(Mongolia) Hanggai
looks like they are comin to Beijing this 24th, I might have to check em out even though my knowledge about folk is limited to Bob Dylan and Nick Drake
China too has many amazing folk singers, but too many dwell on the street and in subways..
The thing with Hanggai is that you don't really need anything. It's like a rock band, except that they throath-sing Mongolian style (sometimes), have some Mongolian instruments, and dress as Mongolian folklore. Apart from that, it's the same rock songs, almost cowboy style (after all the horse plays and the urga plays a large role). I've heard some Chinese folk that needs one to really understand what's going on, because there's
no music so to speak. With Hanggai this is not the case, I find.
Here's a pro video for a TV show in Holland. This will give a much better representation than the other link I have posted. The video and sound are very good. A German comment for this song says it is inspired by Metallica. If I was in Bejing I'd go, no doubt. Then again, they're Bejing-based, so the chances of seeing them could be good anyways.
Hanggai - Four seasons (trad.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB0g8g6Hf0o