Kalahari San / Various Kalahari San / Various CD

Rather than performing for an audience, the !Kung San people from the northwestern Kalahari Desert region "play [music] for themselves, when the mood strikes them." Perhaps that's what makes it so compelling. Here is a demonstration of music played on gut pluriarc (bow lute), gut hunting bow and sitengena (thumb piano), with vocal accompaniment.

1. Gut Pluriarc with 3 Men's Voices 2. Metal Pluriarc with One Woman's Voice 3. Gut Hunting Bow, Solo 4. Gut Hunting Bow with One Man's Voice 5. Gut Hunting Bow with Resonator and One Man's Voice 6. Sitengena with One Man's Voice 7. Te Bow with Two Women's Voices 8. Tin Can Bow Solo 9. Sitengena Solo: "Rain Song" 10. Sitengena with One Man's Voice 11. Gut Pluriarc with One Man's Voice 12. Metal Pluriarc with One Woman's Voice 13. Guthunting Bow with One Man's Voice