A burgeoning new (joke) media company is founded by none other than Russia's top rapper, Morgenshtern.

2021 is drawing to a close, which means that we have fascinating data on popular streaming trends in Russian-language music. 

Despite how weird it looks, birchpunk is a fun and talented hip hop group asking important moral questions.

If you don't know short-lived Soviet rock musician Igor Talkov, you should. His St. Petersburg mural is under threat.

In this week's Odder News, blind dueting, cats at work, and the mice who love COVID.

Belarus opens Russia's eight annual tank biathlon with tutus and Swan Lake.

Listening to the intensely chromatic compositions of Sofia Gubaidulina can be challenging. You wouldn’t put her music on to relax or to be energized. As with any avant-garde work, taking it in can feel like work.

A very uncharacteristic tweet about a famous Soviet rockstar has many Russians scratching their heads. Apparently, even communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov can't resist a catchy tune. 

A little levity can be good for the Covid blues, and expert Khadizhat Omarova of Russia’s Rospotrebnadzor has given a variety of advice to accelerate recovery. Why not give your lungs a good stretch and practice your folk song, too?

News of Britney Spears’s recent appearance in court has crossed the globe, and a well-meaning group of supporters in Russia have taken offense at her plight.

In this week's Odder News, moose loose, ghost spotted, and hemp growing under the government's nose.

At the end of May, a lucky Muscovite heard a ruckus outside his window…