Dorogoi Dlinnoyu is one of two or three popular Russian songs which were among other main English-American pop songs. In 1968 the record Dorogoi Dlinnoyu with the English name Those were the days happened to be one of the best-selling ones. But this song was written by Fomin B. who was working in the romance […]
The story of the band Malchishnik started in the 1990s. Its members met on Arbat in Moscow. They were keen on urban culture like break-dance and rap. They were giving street performances and organizing competitions. At that time it never occurred to anybody that rap with uncompromising texts about sex which was popular in North […]
Most popular Russian female singers, most of them are pop singers Famosa cantantes femeninas Rusas. Russische popsängerin, chanteuse russe populaire Zemfira – Земфира Zemfira burst into our lives like a hurricane, wiping off everything in its path. Deafening, mad, harsh vocals and caustic words, the image of a liberated girl, everyone was immediately attracted to […]
Aria is a Russian heavy metal band. They play their music in the style of «new wave British heavy metal» bands. Aria is one of the oldest and the most successful metal Russian bands. They won the 2007 Fuzz prize as the best live band. The bands’s first concert was on February 5, 1986. When […]
Top 10 Russian Rock and Pop male singers Valery Kipelov Valery Kipelov is keen on football and consider Ozzy Osbourne as his teacher. In school years, he studied at a music school playing the accordion. His voice became the main success factor of the heavy metal band called “Aria”. Valery writes music by himself, but […]
Korol’ i Shut is a popular Russian punk-rock group making music in the genre of horror. The group became popular among Russian teenagers due to its style of performance unusual for punk-rock: Lyrics representing fantasy-stories in the horror-style, usually mystical and historical completed stories are put on rhythmical punk-rock music. Korol’ i Shut’s scenic image […]
Sergei Orekhov was an outstanding Russian seven-stringed guitarist (he also mastered the six-stringed guitar, but didn’t perform with it). He combined a transcendent genius of being an improvisator, performer, and composer. He contributed to the creation of Russian national guitar repertoire. He is an author of numerous adaptations for the guitar playing of Russian folk […]