MUSIC

"Voice from the Window of Non-Moscow" is now in its 50th week! For 50 weeks now, every Saturday we've been searching for the most vibrant, atmospheric, and authentic regional musicians. And today—…

"Zavalin never sent bards to hell. Because he's without pride, humane and sad... They took him in. But he has nowhere else to go..." And with you, as always, "A voice from the window..."

A Voice from a Window in Non-Moscow: Light-filled Short Films 🎧 Misha Luzin is a poet, guitarist, and songwriter originally from Yekaterinburg. He's also a traveler: with his guitar, he's traveled 32…

A Voice from a Window in NeMoscow: "Spring in San Blikko," but in the Fall and in Kostroma. Despite the fact that the musicians of the group "Spring in San Blikko" call themselves "an inconspicuous phenomenon in Russian music," the number...

"The Man with the Most Unusual Voice in the World": A Song by the Tuvan Band "Yat-Kha" Featured in an iPhone 15 Pro Ad Apple chose two songs to advertise its new smartphone – by pop singer Olivia…

Voice from the Window of Not Moscow: The concert of the band "Night Snipers" scheduled for October 26 in Saratov has been canceled. Saratov Regional Duma deputy Roman Gribov had previously requested this. "Arbenina's position is hypocritical. She spoke out..."

Voice from the window of NeMoskva: "Folk songs can rock any dance floor" "There were some frustrating moments when we would go on stage at a group concert in beautiful traditional attire, and someone from the audience would...

Who? Va-Ta-Ga! The music of this Karelian folk group can be heard today from the window of NeMoskva. Can you hear it? "Va-Ta-Ga" was founded in Petrozavodsk in August 2000 and was called "Reel" until 2004. The group performs Pomor, Zaonezhye, and…

Voice from the Window of Not Moscow. Today we meet the folk-rock band Random Reel—a band from Kazan, but with an Irish flair. Whistles, bagpipes, guitars, drums, and violins, wild arrangements of traditional Celtic motifs, fiery…

A voice from the window of NeMoskva: "If hairy youths are squealing and shaking, it means someone needs it." The noise kings from Omsk, the band "Japanese Steel": as frontman Vitaly Biryukov assures us, it's a little...

Voice from the window of NeMoscow: Swallow banned. "Dear citizens! This event has not been approved. The Day of Joy will come later. Don't stand there, you're breaking the law." Last week, it became known that...

A Voice from a Window in NeMoskva: A White and Red Clown at the Same Time 🎧 Olga Chikina is a songwriter from Ryazan. She sings and plays at the intersection of blues, rock, urban romance, French chanson, and…

Voice from the Window of Not Moscow This week, we published an interview with Alexander Arlyapov, editor-in-chief of the Tomsk music magazine "Novy Rock." We explored how the magazine operates in the current reality, what's happening with…

A Voice from a Window Outside Moscow: St. Petersburg's "TESTO." As the band members themselves say, "TESTO" performs Russian village music as a big-city resident hears it. "We believe that village songs are not just for show…"

A Voice from a Window in Not Moscow: Music from the Banks of Waters Softer than Silk. We're eavesdropping on what's happening in Perm on the Kama River. The band "Smirny and Friends" plays something like actors' jazz, and in their original…

A Voice from a Window Outside Moscow: Contemporary Music in the Udmurt Language 🎧 IVINAVI is a performer from Izhevsk. As Ivan Belosludtsev himself describes his music, it's "the life philosophy of one Udmurt guy": there's no…

A voice from a window in NeMoskva: "In the land of my dreams, no one wants war." Because of this line in the song "Dreamland," the band "Smena" was cancelled from performing at the "Roar over Ilmen" festival, which was held...