August 21, 2024
To Sing, to Fly Listening Post 382. On their tenth album, the gifted artists of Vedan Kolod channel humanity’s fascination with the singing, flight, beauty and vigor of the winged creatures that share our world. The family band—Valerii Naryshkin, Tatiana Naryshkina...
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....
September 21, 2015
Hop This Train Listening Post 13. The history of Russian rock music could fill volumes, but much of it can be summed up in a single word: Akvarium (Aquarium). Launched in 1972 by Boris Grebenshchikov and friends, the band—unapproved by Soviet culture...
