Way back I remember my parents having some old Ronnie Ronalde 78s and at 3 years old I was enthralled at the yodelling he did. They also had an old 78 of the Kiwi yodeller Tex Morton singing "Big Rock Candy Mountain". I broke 2 78s my dad had of Slim Whitman and only heard them years later when I found them in a junk sale and bought them for him. Slim's voice won me over to country music and yodelling.

Through the years I have heard many more yodellers and whilst my taste in music spreads from classical to blues and jazz, country remains my first love and I still always love to hear a yodeller.

In recent years I have compiled many albums for the UK Jasmine label. They discovered there is a lot of interest in this kind of music and wanted someone that could help them compile CDs. So now I am able to share that interest I built all those years ago.

Who else likes to hear a yodeller? How did you discover the art? Who are your favourites? I now have too many to mention.