Picking up from where we left off in the last column, “Oh-di-lay-ee-oh.” Yes, yodeling and its origins were the lead subject. We covered the European beginnings, but for most of us it’s the American ...
In his book Kühreichen oder Kühreigen: Yodeling and Yodeling Song in Appenzell (1890), the scholar Alfred Tobler reports that the first documented reference to yodeling in Europe was as early as 1545.
While performing at the Berks Fiddle Fest a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of watching the Rev. Inge Williams, pastor of Friedens Church, Bernville/Shartlesville, lead the opening folk music church ...
GENEVA (AFP) — Yodeling, the traditional singing of herders in the Swiss Alps, was recognized by the United Nations on Thursday as part of the world’s cultural heritage. Yodeling was added to UNESCO’s ...
GENEVA – The halls of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts are alive with the sound of music – yodeling, to be exact. The aahl-dee-oh-lay-eee’s emanating from the college’s music department ...
With their snow-capped peaks and lush, rolling foothills, the Swiss Alps might be one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in the world. But the quiet landscape is also the ideal setting for a much ...
Julie Andrews had it all wrong. In the 1965 film musical The Sound of Music, her character Maria sings how The Lonely Goatherd yodeled and how it sounded “lusty and clear from the goatherd’s throat.” ...
Mason Ramsey, the "Walmart yodeling kid," performs on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" In the weeks since he went viral for yodeling in the aisles of a Walmart store, Mason Ramsey has visited the Ellen Show ...
Remember when we featured the adorable Emily Sunshine Hamilton singing Jimmie Rogers' 'Blue Yodel No. 6,' complete with the yodeling? The 9-year-old appeared on 'The Today Show' this week, showing off ...