Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Sharing Hmong Music

 
Sharing two of my more favorite songs by Paj Xia (Xis) Yaj off her debut album, Hlub Koj Xwb.  If you like the music, please do support the artist.
 
Hmoob Lub Neej 
 
 

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Sharing Hmong Music

I've decided that when I share Hmong music, I'm going to stop calling it "Song of the Week," because I am not consistent at updating every week and there are some weeks that I might like to share more than one song.  So from now onward, the blog post title will just be "Sharing Hmong Music."

Here are two songs. 

Note: Some of the Hmong music share on this blog, unless belonging to conventional music genres, are not traditional Hmong music.  They're mostly covers of a particular style of music from the country that the Hmong singer is from, and in most of the cases the music will be of Lao/Thai origin, but with lyrics changed and the songs sung in Hmong to reflect the lifestyle of the Hmong.  So although the music may not be Hmong in origin, as a listener, you'll still get a glimpse into the values of traditional Hmong folk or modern Hmong lives by paying attention to the meaning of the songs instead.

Ntuj Ni Txiv Leej Tub - Maiv Lis Thoj.