As opposition protests rock Moscow, we look at how contemporary artists have interpreted the actions of Russia's riot police.

A funeral for a trolley, a near-funeral for a pianist, and scared birds: all this and more on this week’s TWERF.

Check out five of the best up-and-coming Russian indie bands of 2018 and 2019.

In which we use one of the most beloved songs from a classic film to make some points about genitive case. Get singing!

Curious about Russian rock but don’t know where to start? Here are five bands to start your playlist.

Tigran loves history and music, plays piano, and founded hotels. Oh, and he also tries to make time travel possible.

We have a trio of uplifting stories this week: a Russian rapper freed, a Russian beauty turned royalty, and a literal (and strange) military lift.

This summer Russia’s biggest rock music festival, Nashestvie, faced cancellations by a number of artists who were protesting the festival’s increasing cooperation with the Russian military.

Let's go to Nizhny Novgorod to hear a Russian rendition of the song of the year. And then, lets meet some puppies and a vodka thief.

In which a retired Polish butcher explains how to live to be 100 and serenades us on his trumpet.

When Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was performed from besieged Leningrad on August 9, 1942, music suspended the horrors of war.

There are many ways to learn music, but just one 
“Russian Way,” as cellist Marianne Ide finds out.