Russian rock has always been a rather insular space where a narrow circle of artists who rose to fame a good 40 years ago ...
Vol. 2 is MCD 71561. Program notes ([2] p.) inserted in container. 101. Snow Flurries. Sergei Lemeshev, soloist. Osipov Balalaika Orchestra. Russian folk song. Vdol Po Ulitsa Metilitsa / 00:02:53 102.
On a recent summer night, hundreds of young Russians assembled on St. Petersburg’s main street to hear songs that the government had banned. It was the latest gathering of the country’s musical ...
On August 12, 1989, live music in Russia changed forever with the star-studded rock lineup that made up the Moscow Music Peace Festival. Prior to the show’s first downbeat by Skid Row, the U.S.S.R.