Material for Download

Bio (PDF, 352 KB)	Tuvan Music (PDF, 340 KB)	Performances (PDF, 259 KB)	Quotes (PDF, 272 KB)	Handout (PDF, 212 KB)
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Photos for Download

Tuva 2016 2 group, 3 solo images		Brooklyn, NY 2014 4 group images		Boston, MA 2013 3 group images
New York, NY 2013 3 solo images		Tuva 2012 2 group images		Lincoln, NE 2008 1 group image

Audio & Video for Download
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Samples from the CD Achai (Father) (2015) Let's Fatten the Livestock [4:23] (MP3, 6.03MB) My Throat / the Cuckoo With guest artist Shodekeh [3:56] (MP3, 5.41MB) Samples from the CD Buura (2011) Bai-Taiga [8:41] (MP3, 11.9MB) Kosh-oi and Torgalyg [5:44] (MP3, 7.89MB) Samples from the CD Alash (2007) Bashtak Joke [2:02] (MP3, 1.74MB) Dyngyldai [2:20] (MP3, 2.05MB) Alash [3:01] (MP3, 2.64MB) To download audio, right click the text links above and select "Save..." or "Download..."

Alash Alash, performing My Throat Old Town School of Folk Music, 2013 To download video, click here Alash Promo.mov [3:19] 484 MB YouTube: https://youtu.be/-xia8OERlNU

Highlights of Media Coverage

ARTICLE: eScience Commons ... They create a musical landscape that is almost extraterrestrial in terms of the sensation it gives you. (26 January 2016)

RADIO: Alash in Session Live performance and interview for "World on 3" at the BBC Radio 3 studio, UK (15 May 2015). Mary Ann Kennedy, host. [36:30]

WEB CAST: Blue Rock Studio Performance web cast live from Blue Rock Studio. (9 October 2014) [1:53]

TV: WCSH Portland 6 Performance and brief interview with Sean Quirk on 207. (20 October 2011) [5:10]

REVIEW: Washington Post ... The Alash Ensemble's opening set was utterly stunning. ...(21 June 2007)

VIDEO: The Dallas Morning News Tuvan Throat Singing in Dallas (6 May 2007) [2:21]

Discography

Alash Live at the Enchanted Garden (2006). Live performance that includes demonstrations of xöömei (throat singing) styles and commentary in English by Sean Quirk.

Alash (2007). Studio recording of new and old songs. Includes background on Tuvan music and culture, as well as Tuvan lyrics with English translations.

Jingle All the Way by Béla Fleck & the Flecktones (Rounder Records 2008). Alash appear as guest artists on this Grammy-winning holiday CD that features throat singing on several tracks.

Buura (2011). Alash's second studio album features new songs, new instrumental textures, a solo by each Alash musician and a guest appearance by bass guitarist Victor Wooten on the title track. Comes with English translations.

Achai (2015). Achai is dedicated to all fathers, especially Kongar-ool Ondar, a musical father to Alash and an entire generation of Tuvan musicians. Beatboxer Shodekeh joins Alash as guest artist.

Contacts

Sean Quirk, Ensemble Manager and Interpreter (Generally in Tuva, but travels with the band. Check our tour schedule.) email: alashensemble@gmail.com Kyzyl phone: +7 913 340 1256 (check time in Kyzyl, Tuva)

Myriad Artists, Booking for U.S. myriadartists.com/alashensemble email: bookings@myriadartists.com 919-967-8655

Yaroslav Sartakov, Booking for Russian Federation email: sartakov@sent.com www.facebook.com/sartakov tel/WhatsApp/Viber/Telegram: +7 909 007 3500

Kathy Quirk, U.S. Business Manager (Milwaukee, WI) email: quirkink@aol.com phone: 414-916-8216

Jean Bubley, Webmaster (New York, NY) email: jbb@kovitzsystems.net phone: 718-622-9355

Sponsor

Alash's U.S. tours are sponsored by Juniper Green, LLC