Genghis Blues [Soundtrack]

Ondar & Pena | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Six Degrees
• ASIN: B0000516VT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,835 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Armchair Anthropology, March 1, 2001

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Sharlene Spingler (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Genghis Blues (Audio CD)

I have seen the movie and bought the sound track. Having marinated my bones and psyche with Tibetans for over 25 years this soundtrack unites two ostensiby disparate cultures, America and Mongolia. As music is the one art form that transcends cultures, it is intersteing to hear the Blues united with their Asian cousins. The phenomenon of throat singing is what you have heard in Tibetan Monks chanting with the ability to produce two tones simultaneously. Paul Pena, a black, blind, blues singer from California, copped their gig and taught himself how to do this. He went to Tuva and won their annual throat singing contest in his category. It is an exposure of the roots. Like Mongolians don't get the Blues. For any armchair anthropoligist, this cd is a must. The movie will make you cry as you see the challenges that Paul faces, distantly empowered by the deceased physicist, Richard Feinman, who went to Tuva on his last journey. Paul's trip is peppered with stickers that they paste up, " Feinman Lives" Feinman was a great thinker from Far Rockaway, N.Y. who collected stamps from Tuva as a child. This record is strange and profound. Irresistable for any thinking person.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The start ofa fascination..., April 21, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Genghis Blues (Audio CD)

Last November my famly and I went to a blues concert. Kngar-ol-Ondar, Tuvn throatsinger, was special guess. After listening, enthralled, to the amazing sound, we were told that he had a CD. I turned to my mom instantly and said that I wanted it. Genghis Blues is an amazing experience. It contains some five blues songs, one Cape Verdean song, and a multitude of Tuvan ones, both throatsinging, normal singing, and instrumentals. Witin four months, my brother and I were throatsinging. And this CD started it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Genghis Blues Music out there from an American Wonder, December 10, 2001

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"alaska-annie" (Eagle River, Alaska United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Genghis Blues (Audio CD)

Coming from the arctic, I'd heard throat singing from Greenland,
and so I was very impressed by the Documentary "Genghis Blues". I know this isn't the main stream but the music is very special!!
I have no idea how they can sing in this manor, but it is a rare treat. I'd heard Paul in San Francisco years ago. Really loved his truly soulful voice. Being blind gave him a rare gift!
I wish that more people where exposed to this very special style of singing. All I can say is I hope that Paco/Paul has many more years of life and music
Warm Greetings from the Frozen North
Alaska-Annie