Alpine folk music is the common umbrella designation of a number of related styles of traditional folk music in the Alpine regions of Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol.
Two members of the Austrian folk band Die Mayrhofner playing at a concert in 2011
Yodeling is a form of singing which involves repeated and rapid changes of pitch between the low-pitch chest register and the high-pitch head register or falsetto. The English word yodel is derived fr
New Glarus, Wisconsin, yodelers in traditional Swiss garb (1922)
Indian playback singer Kishore Kumar (1929–1987), one of the greatest and most popular Indian playback singers, notable for his yodeling
Sheet music cover for "Dandy Jim from Caroline", featuring Dan Emmett (center) and the other Virginia Minstrels, c. 1844