Echo vom Eierstock is Switzerland’s first feminist yodelling choir. Elena Kaiser is their founder and joins Nuala to discuss where her love of yodelling came from, and why she is challenging the ...

It’s barely sunrise, but I’m already warming up my voice for a yodelling session with Kristyn Harris – a young buck reviving this time-honoured cowboy singing tradition. “Louder!

Yodelling began as a means of communication between neighbours who lived peaks apart. Originally the art form was known as Juchzin, short yells with different meanings such as “time for tea ...