My friend and I recently went to the music store to pick up a mix of folk and contemporary music. I was particularly excited to score the latest album by my favorite Mongolian band, A Sound.
So far, this is my favorite song of the new album: Lullaby
I also scored a copy of "A Tribute to the Beatles", a cover album where different artists translated famous Beatles songs into Mongolian. Here's A Sound's cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
The Beatles are very popular in Mongolia, there's the famous Beatles statue just south of the State Department Store (that I've somehow neglected to get a picture of? will do soon) and I've even come across a "Beatles Club" NGO in my research.
Jazz is also very popular in modern Mongolian music, and I saw two different compilation albums from various artists. Besides Arga Bileg, the ethnojazz band that *fingers crossed* while be playing in Bloomington this September, I also really like the piano duo Kush & Oyuka.
And for your last sampling of Mongolian contemporary pop/rock, I recently discovered the band "Shar Airag" (which translates to "beer"), and their new single "Shine ogloo" ("new morning") reminds me a little of a Mongolian Jason Mraz, an interesting dynamic.
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