Music from Russia – ДДТ

ДДТ (DDT) is a russian rock band. Listen to their piece “Ne Strelai/Не Стреляй” (english: don’t shoot):

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Music from Russia – Eva Polna

Eva Polna is a russian pop, dance and rock singer. Listen to their great song “Je t’aime”:

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Music from Russia – Estas Tonne

Estas Tonne , a russian streetmusician , plays guitar in the streets of Landshut /Germany

The song of the golden Dragon ( have a look on his hands , the fingernails :-) )

Really great what this guy produces with his guitar

 

 

 

Music from Russia – Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich born 12/25 September 1906 in Saint Petersburg;.. † August 9, 1975 in Moscow was a Soviet composer, pianist and educator, Here are “Three fantastic Dances”

Music from Russia – Akvarium

Aquarium or Akvarium is a Russian rock group, formed in Leningrad in 1972 by Boris Grebenshchikov, then a student of Applied Mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Anatoly (George) Gunitsky, then a playwright and absurdist poet.( wikipedia )  They play Reggae , Folk and a a fusion of both , here is their song “Slova Rastaman ” or “Words of a Rastaman “

http://youtu.be/_ExfpiaRfsE

Music from Russia – Masha and the Bears

Masha i medvedi (Masha and The Bears) became popular with their first single ‘Lyubochka’ (1997) though this track is not typical for their music. Their music is a slightly depressive folk. They’ve released two albums and disbanded in 2000. In 2006 they return to surprise us with their creativity. I read that medved could be translated with the word honeyeater -” Ljuba” russian for Love , amore , Liebe

Music from the US/Russia – Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, in 1980 to a musical Russian Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Soviet college of music and now teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York.

Her new song: “All the Rowboats”

Listen to her two other songs: Raindrops and Fidelity

Music from Russia – Inna Zhelannaya

Inna Zhelannaya began her career as a rock musician with the group Alliance, which for many years represented the best of what Russia had to offer in terms of rock and pop.
In 1994 she assembled her own band and recorded VODOROSL (sea grass), her first CD. In the same year, one of her songs – “Tolko s Toboi” (Only You) – was included in the “One World”-compilation (Putumayo) alongside recordings by Peter Gabriel, Youssou N’ Dour, the Gypsy Kings, Bob Marley and others. In that connection she toured the U. S., took part in the ONE WORLD-festival in Washington, gave concerts in New York and other East Coast cities and represented Russia 1996 at the major world music event accompanying the Olympic Games in Atlanta.(Jaro )

Here is her song “Winter ” incredible voice and extraordinary music

Music from Russia – Serebro

Serebro is a female trio, a project by the talented producer Maxim Fadeev. The team was formed in 2006, and since then they have managed to develop a refine and previously unknown style, something that became new to the West. Success as a music group came in 2007 with the girls participating in Eurovision Song Contest (they won The Bronze Award) Here is their new song ” Mama Ljuba ” i know it´s a pop song ^^it´s about the mother in law , probably a bad one , who knows ? !