Astrowind

Two new releases have just been published by electronic artists of whom we've written in the past. Although these musicians are from different corners of the erstwhile Soviet Union (Latvia and Ukraine) they all, in the course of their development, have turned to the landscape for inspiration. Th...

Now for the third time in almost as many days, music has appeared on the Russian scene that is directly or indirectly connected to the work of director Andrei Tarkovskii.  Arguably Russia's greatest filmmaker, he died twenty-two years ago, leaving a legacy that continues to generate intense int...

The precise definition of "Russian" music - around which this site is based - could be argued forever, in fact until this happens: One could limit things to Russian-language songs, irrespective of where they're recorded. Or, conversely, one could include works by artists who were raised i...