Liane Hansen reads from e-mail received this past week from listeners. Topics include praise for Hal Cannon's recent piece on the music of Mongolian herdsmen. And we correct a couple of boo-boos in ...

Bordering nations often share a common food or musical heritage that develops as a process of mutual influences. Mongolia, with its rich and distinctive musical traditions, is bordered by Russia in ...

Alain Desjacques a wellknown ethnomusicologist takes us on a pilgrimmage to find and record the best traditional musicians and singers on the steppes of Mongolia Desjacques had spent time in Mongolia ...

Students will be introduced to the music of Mongolia through several activities looking into different aspects of Mongolian music. Students will be introduced to the sound of the Morin Khuur ...