Jun 26, 2026 · 48 min · 9 segments
If your Instagram algorithm is tuned to serve you wholesome musical moments, you might have seen a video recently of an Alaskan bluegrass band (The Heists with Josh Fortenbery) playing the song "East…
Erin HeistGuestFensterHost
Lisa O'GradyGuestBilrúnGuestAdamGuest
Deni HurtadoGuestJunkoGuestCormacGuestTo start, this is Bata Jambulsdorj, who is from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
When I was in elementary school, I watched this instrument on the TV and I was really interested and I was thinking to learn that instrument for maybe five or six years and after that.
I asked my parents, please get me this instrument and I won't get anything again.
And my parents gave me that instrument and I started to play this instrument when I was in middle school.
Six years ago, I want to get some more technique on my mankur and my trot singing.
Some of you guys maybe know he's playing top on the mountain and he wear green clothes and playing instrument and trot singing.
He is great and he is very famous and his throat singing is great maybe he's maybe number one in in the mongolia for me because his hashira it's low throat singing his throat singing is very deep and very powerful Trout singing has three different types low, middle and high notes and first time I was trying Low note, it's called khakhra.
Middle note is, how can I say, but it's called in Mongolia, it says shakha.
When I arrived in Ireland, for me, interesting thing was all of the international people.
When I was in Mongolia, I haven't been seeing any different countries people maybe some other Asian countries not too much Western people and it was very interesting for me and Irish people is very similar to Mongolia's I think because how can I explain Our history, lifestyle is similar and our thinking
is very similar.
To start, this is Bata Jambulsdorj, who is from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
When I was in elementary school, I watched this instrument on the TV and I was really interested and I was thinking to learn that instrument for maybe five or six years and after that.
I asked my parents, please get me this instrument and I won't get anything again.
And my parents gave me that instrument and I started to play this instrument when I was in middle school.
Six years ago, I want to get some more technique on my mankur and my trot singing.
Some of you guys maybe know he's playing top on the mountain and he wear green clothes and playing instrument and trot singing.
He is great and he is very famous and his throat singing is great maybe he's maybe number one in in the mongolia for me because his hashira it's low throat singing his throat singing is very deep and very powerful Trout singing has three different types low, middle and high notes and first time I was trying Low note, it's called khakhra.
Middle note is, how can I say, but it's called in Mongolia, it says shakha.
When I arrived in Ireland, for me, interesting thing was all of the international people.
When I was in Mongolia, I haven't been seeing any different countries people maybe some other Asian countries not too much Western people and it was very interesting for me and Irish people is very similar to Mongolia's I think because how can I explain Our history, lifestyle is similar and our thinking
is very similar.
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