An emerging act at world music festivals across the U.S., Tuvergen Band (“galloping” inMongolian) is a Chicago-based folk-fusion trio founded by Tamir Hargana (lead vocals, folklutes, morin khuur), Naizal Hargana (morin khuur, vocals), and Brent Roman (percussion,didgeridoo, vocals) in 2020. Hailing from Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, Tamir and Naizal bringsome of the country’s most distinctive sounds to Tuvergen Band, including the cello-likehorsehead fiddle (morin khuur), various folk lutes (the Tuvan doshpuluur and West Mongoliantovshuur), and khoomii throat singing. An ethnomusicologist and Asian percussion specialist,Roman augments these sounds with a custom hybrid drum kit of twenty global percussioninstruments and didgeridoo. The trio use this rich instrumental palette to perform what they call“modern nomadic music,” incorporating bluegrass, blues, rock, and more into its repertoire ofMongolian and Tuvan folk songs and originals.