On December 8th, 2018, the Alexey Kozlov club hosted the solemn presentation of the first Russian prize in the field of ethnic music, the Russian…
Russian World Music Awards 2018 Ceremony
Tag: Russian music
Russian Summer Ethno Festivals 2018
There are not so many ethnic [folk or world music] festivals in Russia. Most of those I wrote about a year ago do not exist…
Interview with Merema — the winners of Russian World Music Awards 2017
Daryana Antipova: Hi Katya, we have known each other since the Kamwa Festival in 2005 when you performed with another folk band. How old is Merema? Ekaterina Modina: Merema…
Artist Profiles: Koshka
Based in Glasgow (Scotland) since their formation in 2001 Koshka (formerly Kesha) came together as a result of Oleg Ponomarev, Nigel Clark and Lev Atlas’…
Artist Profiles: Leonsia Erdenko
Russian vocalist Leonsia Erdenko was born in 1972. She is the daughter of the famous Roma singer Nikolay Erdenko. Leonsia has been performing since 1987.…
Interview with Russian Folk Singer Alyona Minulina
For about 4 years Alyona Minulina has been known as Alyona FolkBeat – a beautiful folk singer and beatbox musician from a rising star group…
Time-honored Songs of Western Siberia
Vasilyev Vecher – Siberia Land. Russian traditional songs of the Western Siberia (Sketis Music SKMR-108, 2014) The Vasilyev Vecher a cappella ensemble specializes in traditional…
Remarkable Slavic Songs
Stranniki – Light Moon (Sketis Music SKMR-106, 2014) On Light Moon (Светлый месяц), Russian band Stranniki (Странники) delivers an excellent set of traditional Slavic songs…