On Jan. 11, a 58-year-old Austrian woman was killed by an avalanche while backcountry skiing in Weerberg at an altitude of ...

Describing herself as a “free-floating nomad,” Petaluma’s Lucy London – actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, political activist and, as of recently, a passionate yodeler – acknowledges that whenever ...

At dawn in the German-speaking Alps, the world begins in silence. The sky’s first pink breath brushes the knife-edge peaks, and the crisp air carries only the faint clang of distant cowbells. Then a ...

GENEVA— Switzerland’s centuries-old alpine yodelling tradition could soon be added to a U.N. list recognising it as a cultural treasure. A decision on Switzerland’s bid to have yodelling added to ...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling has received a response from the U.N. cultural agency: The Alpine tradition of chant and song is indeed worthy of classification in a list of the ...

GENEVA (AFP) — Yodeling, the traditional singing of herders in the Swiss Alps, was recognized by the United Nations on Thursday as part of the world’s cultural heritage. Yodeling was added to UNESCO’s ...