American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1939, the “Tennessee Yodeler” and Kindergarten Teacher Turned Country Music Hitmaker

Margo Smith, the Ohio kindergarten teacher turned country music hitmaker, would have celebrated her 87th birthday today.
AOL

Shout-out for yodeling? Swiss seek recognition from UN cultural agency as tradition turns modern

LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Yodel-ay-hee ... what?! Those famed yodeling calls that for centuries have echoed through the Alps, and more recently have morphed into popular song and folk music, could ...
The Columbian

A shout-out to yodeling?

LUCERNE, Switzerland — Yodel-ay-hee … what?! Those famed yodeling calls that for centuries have echoed through the Alps, and more recently have morphed into popular song and folk music, could soon ...
Iowa Public Radio

UNESCO has officially added yodeling to its list of 'Intangible Cultural Heritage'

We all know yodeling, right? Alpine men and women singing across verdant valleys and snowcapped peaks, sometimes accompanied by a huge horn. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DER ...