Throat singer puts his neck on the line
FROM a guitar-playing dog to a topless fire act, Britain's Got Talent has seen some weird and wonderful turns.
But never has the popular TV show featured Mongolian throat singing and the Indian Harmonium – until tonight.
Edinburgh-born Peter Govan, 39, has reached the final 100 or so acts of the show after passing the audition stage with his rendition of traditional Scottish song The Selkie Seal.
Mr Govan, a musician from Leith, said: "I did Mongolian throat singing, which is singing two notes at the same time instead of one, while playing the Indian Harmonium, which is a bit like an accordion but has a softer sound.
"The song is in ancient Gaelic so it brought a bit of Scottish culture to the show, mixed with Mongolian throat singing and Indian harmonium."
Mr Govan learned his trade from Vietnamese musician, Tran Quang Hai, at a voice convention in Wales in 1997.
Since then he has performed concerts at churches and yoga centres around the world.
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