Narspi Ensemble – Bird Cherry Blossom: Chuvash Songs from Orenburg Region (Antonovka Records, 2025) The Narspi Ensemble, founded in 1978, represents the musical heritage of…
Blossoming Traditions: Chuvash Folk Songs from Orenburg
Tag: Russian folk music
V Koromysle Ensemble presents Russian Songs from Siberia’s Irkutsk Region
(On the album cover from left to right: Nina Grasenkova, Ulyana Galantseva, Svetlana Sedova, Yulia Dronova, and Ekaterina Dupliy.) V Koromysle Ensemble – Golden Twig:…
Lively Chuvash Music from Bashkortostan
Merchen Ensemble of Tolbazy Village – Avărkas: Chuvash Music from Bashkortostan (Antonovka Records, 2024) The Aurgazinsky District, known in Bashkir as Awırğazı rayonı and in…
Lestvitsa Ensemble’s Passion for Eastern European Folkore
Lestvitsa Ensemble – Ikos’-prikos’ / Ансамбль Лествица – Икось-Прикось (Lestvitsa ensemble, 2024) Lestvitsa Ensemble is a folk group firmly dedicated to studying and popularizing Russian…
Discovering the Diversity of North Asia: Tatiana Naryshkina’s Search for Siberian Settlers’ Folklore
Article by Tatiana Naryshkina Siberia is a multinational, spacious, wide, and very soulful region. Despite the fact that it is very cold. The leaves on…
The Mystical and Majestic Sound of Smorodina Reka
Smorodina Reka – Foreshadowing (2021) Smorodina Reka is a mesmerizing new act from Moscow, Russia. The group performs a new form of progressive folk music…
Riya Volkova Explores Northern Russian Traditions in Пряди воды, Tresses of the Water
Russian musician and composer Riya Volkova has released a new album titled “Пряди воды” (Tresses of the Water). Volkova lives in Zelenograd, not far from…
B-Sides, the latest from Proekt Polotentse
Russian act Proekt Polotentse (Проект Полотенце) has a new independent release titled B-Sides. The Moscow-based duo includes Alexander Polyushkin and Olga Zrilina. The EP includes…
Russian World Music Chart Announces Top-20 Russian World Music Albums in 2021
The Russian World Music Chart (RWMC), Russia’s first world music chart, has revealed the top 20 Russian world music albums of 2021. A total of…
The Ancient Traditions of Mordovia
Merema – Kezeren Koiht (CPL-Music, 2020) Merema, one the rising talents of folk music in Russia, released Kezeren Koiht (Old Custom) in 2020. The musicians…