September 01, 2018 Jumping Ship By The Editors 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. Music
January 11, 2018 A little vodka, a little puppies, a little Despacito By The Editors 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. Culture Humor Music Regions The Weekly Russia File
September 20, 2017 A Good Butcher By Paul E. Richardson In which a retired Polish butcher explains how to live to be 100 and serenades us on his trumpet. History Humor Music Children of 1917
August 09, 2017 Music Defeats War By Divya Ryan When Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was performed from besieged Leningrad on August 9, 1942, music suspended the horrors of war. History Int'l Relations Music War
May 01, 2017 The Russian Way By Marianne Ide There are many ways to learn music, but just one “Russian Way,” as cellist Marianne Ide finds out. Memoir Music
March 10, 2017 Six Great Songs About St. Petersburg By Elena Bobrova Many Russian cities have songs about about them. Here are six of the best ones about Russia's Northern Capital – three by American artists, three by Russians. Culture Music Travel
January 24, 2017 Tchaikovsky By Maria Plotnikova Maria Plotnikova acquaints us with Tchaikovsky. No, not the composer, the town named for him in Siberia's Perm Krai. Music Regions Everyday Russia
September 25, 2016 Listen and Learn: Shostakovich Turns 110 By Alice E.M. Underwood Dmitry Shostakovich created classical music that spoke to modern times. Read up on his life story and listen along to some of finest works along the way. Culture History Music
March 28, 2016 5 St. Petersburg Bands You Should Know By Elena Bobrova St. Petersburg (or Leningrad) has always occupied a special place in the world of Russian music. Famous for its rich classical traditions, especially at the Mariinsky Theater, in the second part of the twentieth century St. Petersburg became the epicenter of underground and experimental music. Art Music
May 01, 2015 Siberian Punk By Vladimir Kozlov Who knew? The heart of Siberia, a place best known for its severe winters, was the birthplace of one of the most original, raw rock movements ever to hit the USSR. Music
September 01, 2012 The Age of Aquarium By Lada Bakal For 40 years, Boris Grebenshchikov and Aquarium have made music like no other band in Russia, combining poetry and beautiful, often quizzical instrumentals into a charming sound that is at once entirely unique and entirely Russian. Music
May 01, 2012 Victor Tsoy By Ilya Ovchinnikov No rock musician has had such a profound, lasting effect on Russian culture as Victor Tsoy. Music