Bamboo on the Mountains: Kmhmu Highlanders from Southeast Asia & The U.S.

by BAMBOO ON MOUNTAINS: KMHMU HIGH

Overview

Smithsonian Folkways' Bamboo on the Mountains celebrates the lifeblood of Kmhmu music: bamboo. Over the course of 38 tracks, bamboo reedpipes, flutes, mouth organs, and blowing tubes are demonstrated and augmented with gongs, cymbals, wooden and bamboo drums, and singing. Songs from Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and the U.S. display the wide range of instruments and sounds that are derived from bamboo, whether it's the brassy reedpipes like the pii tuut ngo', the warbling tones of the Toot flute, droning, reedy skgkuul mouth organ, or the almost violin-like timbre of the hur tlaa rung blowing tube. An authentic and educational album, Bamboo on the Mountains showcases the tree's versatile and beautiful additions to traditional Kmhmu music. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/1999
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074045626
Rank:	151684

Tracks

1. Pii Koon Rook Reedpipe
2. Teum Song
3. Teum Song With Sngkuul Mouth Organ
4. Teum Song With Chorus
5. Toot Flute
6. Hur Tlaa Rung Blowing Tube
7. Teum Song With Sngkuul Mouth Organ
8. Sngkuul Mouth Organ
9. Toot Flute
10. Pii Reedpipe
11. Teum Song
12. Teum Song With Sngkull Mouth Organ
13. Teum Song With Sngkull Mouth Organ
14. Toot Flute
15. Pi Tuut Ngo' Reedpipe
16. Teum Song With Sngkuul Mouth Organ
17. Pii Triil Flute
18. Briing Drum, Raang Gong, and Ceng Cymbals
19. Teum Song With Pii Reedpipe
20. Pii Reedpipe
21. Hur Tlaa Rung Blowing Tube
22. Teum Song
23. Toot Flute
24. Briing Tube Zither
25. Hroong Bamboo Jew's Harp
26. Ritual Music and Song for the Buffalo Sacrifice
27. Teum Song
28. Pii Ta' Laen Reedpipe
29. Pii Rmblaang Reedpipe
30. Took Teum Flute
31. Dav Dav Bamboo Tuning Fork
32. Briing Drum, Rbaang Gong/ Ceng Cymbal
33. Briing Tlaa Tube Zither
34. Hroong Jew's Harp
35. Hur Suul Tlaa Blowing Pipe
36. Tnheek Chordophone
37. Teum Song
38. Pii Teum Reedpipe

Album Credits

Technical Credits

Frank Proschan   Compilation Producer
Plaw   Composer