‘Yuve Yuve Yu’ – The Hu
Give it a minute to get going.
The tradcore stylings of Mongolian metallers The Hu Band, who combine Western rock played on traditional instruments like the horsehead fiddle [morin khuur], Jew’s Harp [tumin khuur] and Mongolian guitar [tovshuur]) with Tuvan throat singing.
Mmm. Pitchy.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan’s proposed trip, and Mr Flanagan
Freedom of Information sleuth Ken Foxe writes:
Foreign Affairs minister Charlie Flanagan had his wings clipped by the Department of the Taoiseach after requesting use of the government jet for an epic voyage to a conference in Asia.
Mr Flanagan had sought use of the government’s €3,780-an-hour Learjet for a trip to Ulaanbaatar, which would have involved no less than eight separate individual flights.
The minister was planning to attend an Asia-Europe conference in Mongolia but was in a rush back to Europe to attend a meeting in Brussels, FOI documents have shown.
To try and fit both events in, the Department of Foreign Affairs came up with a convoluted flight plan which would have taken Mr Flanagan first to Finland, before two separate stop-overs in Russia, before final arrival in Mongolia fourteen hours later.
The government’s only executive aircraft – an €8 million Learjet – has a flying range that brings it just three hours in the air before it requires refuelling.
Pics: Ken Foxe, Rollingnews
A Mongolian Irish trad mash-up.
Paddy Hayes writes:
Irish Fiddler Daire Bracken embarks on a musical pilgrimage to Mongolia in pursuit of the horse-head fiddle. This extract features him jamming with UlaanBaatar [Mongolia capital] group Jonon.
Ceolchuairt on TG4 next Tuesday 9.30pm
