The Sochi Winter Music Conference 2010: Dizzy with Success
The southern coastal resort of Sochi, supposedly a place of rest and repose, has been associated with different activities of late. First and foremost,...
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Applecore: A Trip through Moscow’s Roughest Streets
Applecore is a one-man, virtually anonymous outfit from the unforgiving Moscow suburb of Liubertsy, shown below on a typically miserable day. This part...
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Fruktovyi Kefir: A New Album, Novel Fundraising, and Decent Fans
The Russian phrase “Fruktovyi Kefir” can be roughly translated as “Fruit Yogurt.” In the given context it refers to a band from...
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Hellawes: The Enduring Relevance of Some Celtic Traditions
The album under consideration here, although quiet, wholly acoustic, and markedly introspective, results directly from the Russian folk-rock tradition....
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