Otava Yo: Do You Love

Otava Yo: Do You Love

October 15, 2019

Ideal Prospect Listening Post 223. There’s more than a touch of Gogol in the Russian ensemble Otava Yo: There’s humor, symbolism and archetypal characters that serve as anchors for artistic brilliance. Group leader and co-founder Alexey Belkin explains that the...
Otava Yo: What Are Those for Songs!

Otava Yo: What Are Those for Songs!

February 1, 2016

Russian Dressing Listening Post 32. Just as Greenwich Village nurtured the American folk revival in the Sixties, so is St. Petersburg, Russia’s cultural center, the stage for a back-to-the-village folk group whose members dress like peasants and play like virtuosos....