Inwhite

An overview of four new releases from Moscow pop-rock ensembles shows that certain skills are validated more than others. First and foremost is an ability to endure - amid various obstacles - and somehow conquer doubt.

These ensembles are from Moscow and Kiev, though both are aware of - and respect - one another. The common ground between them is a jazz heritage... and the value of such skills in a "post-piracy" world.

The Moscow online culture journal OpenSpace recently launched a competition to find new, talented artists in the field of Russian popular music. One could immediately argue that these contests are a dime a dozen nowadays; the more cynical among us would even counter that any such open-format, in...

Recently the entertainment magazine Afisha published a list of 25 new and promising female vocalists, not only from Russia, but from beyond its borders, too.  One of the chosen few - and rightly so - was Iulia Kriukova from the band InWhite. Kriukova herself is from St Petersburg, but th...