The aim here is not a subjective quest to find "the best voices in the world", but rather to let you hear some incredible talents and unusual techniques from singers who usually associate with folk and traditional music.
Today, more singers from Bulgaria (including the song shot into space on Voyager 1), the Arab world and Africa, India and Canada.
ARTIST
Title [Dur.]
Album (Year)
The BULGARIAN VOICES - Valya Balkanska, L. Kanevski, S. Zakmanov
Bulgarian Shepherdess Song - Izlel ja Delyo hajdutin [2:18]
Various Artists: Cosmos (TV Series Soundtrack) (1981)
Ivo PAPASOV and his Bulgarian wedding band
Byala Stala [4:54]
Orpheus Ascending (1989)
Dhafer YOUSSEF
Yabay [3:14]
Electric Sufi (2001)
Najat AATABOU
Baghi Narjah (I Want To Rest) [4:35]
The Voice of the Atlas (1991)
Om KALSOUM
Ya Messaharni [5:25]
Ya Messaharni (1972)
ANDALOUSIAN ORCHESTRA OF ISRAEL with Emile ZRIHAN
Meshe Ya Assour (with Emile Zrihan & Abdelrahim Souiri) [5:12]
Inédit (2001)
Papa WEMBA
Epelo [4:10]
Emotion (1995)
AKA Pygmies
Ritual before the gathering of honey [1:24]
Pygmées Aka: Anthology of the Music of the Aka Pygmies (1987)
AKA Pygmies
Bondo: Diye (Divining music) [2:30]
Pygmées Aka: Anthology of the Music of the Aka Pygmies (1987)
David DARLING & THE WULU BUNUN
Pasibutbut [5:27]
Mundanin Kata (2004)
Sharadchandra AROLKAR
Bihag - Teental [4:30]
Arolkar's 1968 Private Concert (2021)
Singers from Rapa Iti
Himene Tarava (Singers from Rapa Iti in the Austral Islands, 1982) [2:35]
Various Artists: Spirit of Polynesia (1993)
Eligah MANGITAK & Qaunnaq MIKIGAK
Throat Singing: Ihan [1:55]
Songs of the Inuit (1994)
Tanya TAGAQ
Qimiruluapik [2:04]
Sinaa (2005)
Theme: Garry Havrillay — Fragments of Memory (edit) — Aurora (2018)
(The Extraordinary Voices features were first broadcast in 2022; programs #573 & #574.)