Bukhu Ganburged
Bukhu Ganberged is an incredible Mongolian-Australian musician who is a master of both the Morin Khuur, the Horsehead fiddle, and Khuumii, the Mongolian Overtone Throat Singing. This episode features a lot of special music, and Bukhu’s personal story of growing up in Mongolia and emigrating to Australia.
At the beginning of this episode Bukhu explains how he learned overtone throat singing and demonstrates different styles. You’ll then hear some incredible music on Morin Khuur, the horsehead fiddle and learn about Mongolian culture and Bukhu’s experiences in Australia where he’s gone from busking on the street to performing at the Sydney Opera House and being featured on The Voice.Like all my episodes, this is available as both a video with Closed Captions, a transcript, and a podcast wherever you listen to podcasts:
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Bukhu’s audio was captured by his phone directly in Australia (I generally avoid recording over the internet) but the mic placement wasn’t ideal to capture the beautiful complexities of both the horsehead fiddle performances and Bukhu’s singing. However, he has also allowed me to also share within the episode a couple of his recordings both solo and with his group Equus, so you’ll be able to hear him explain about different regional styles of singing and playing in the episode as well as hear the studio quality recordings. I encourage you to listen to Bukhu’s albums wherever you listen to your music!
