It’s about time you broaden your musical horizons, and I’ve got an excellent recommendation: Hanggai. This album is a beautiful break from your standard musical rotation. Here’s a snippet from their bio:

Downtown Beijing might seem a strange place for a Mongolian folk revival. Yet Hanggai are at the forefront of a musical movement in China that is finding inspiration in native folk traditions, drawing on a répertoire of magical songs that have ail but disappeared during China’s récent turbulent past… The need of these young musicians to rediscover and express their roots and native language is causing quite a stir in China and seems to indicate some kind of change within their generation. Their interpretations of traditional songs from the grasslands are attracting an ever-increasing following.

You can hear some complete Hanggai songs on myspace, or you can listen to short clips of all the songs on Introducing Hanggai at Amazon.com.