Highlights of 'Between the Sky & Prairie' (Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho)

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Album available at: http://www.danielho.com/physical-shop/cd-between-the-sky-and-prairie and on iTunes http://bit.ly/BtwnSkyPrairie

Created by six-time GRAMMY Award-winner Daniel Ho, Golden Melody Award-winning producer Judy Wu, and introducing The Grasslands Ensemble.

The Grasslands Ensemble comes from the Inner Mongolian prairies of Hulunbuir. They represent a diversity of ethnicities: Mongolian, Manchurian, Evenk, Daur, Russian, and Han Chinese. Their music is an organic and inimitably rich presentation of traditional, ethnic minority folk songs. Daniel Ho adds his signature sound on 'ukulele and instruments of his native Hawai'i. His thoughtful arrangements give prominence to each member of the Ensemble.

The Grasslands Ensemble is:
Mongolian long-song master, Borjigin Hasibatu;
lead female vocalist of the group Anda Union and preserver of traditional Evenk music, Qiqigema;
female Manchurian vocalist, Bayinhehe;
Chaoer and morin khuur virtuoso, Han Mou Ren;
throat-singer and perpetuator of tsuur music legacy, Tamir Hargana;
and the driving contemporary Mongolian sounds of the Hasar Band.

#1 Between the Sky & Prairie 0:00
#2 Daur Love Song 0:37
#3 Gray Sparrow’s Heartache 1:32
#4 Rock Blossoms 2:34
#6 Jiang Mu Reverie 3:15