Yodel in Hi-Fi: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica

by Bart Plantenga

Yodel in Hi-Fi explores the vibrant and varied traditions of yodelers around the world. Far from being a quaint and dying art, yodel is a thriving vocal technique that has been perennially renewed by singers from Switzerland to Korea, from Colorado to Iran. Bart Plantenga offers a lively and surprising tour of yodeling in genres from opera to hip-hop and in venues from cowboy campfires and Oktoberfests to film soundtracks and yogurt commercials...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299290549
• ISBN13: 9780299290542
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"