Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, most of the country’s musical acts have taken sides, either supporting or condemning the war – but not Picnic. The aging Russian rock band notably ...
All of the young people I knew made a point of listening to banned music. Homegrown rock bands were especially beloved. In 1972, Boris Grebenshikov founded Aquarium, which would become one of Russia’s ...
The Russian punk rock feminist protest group Pussy Riot will present the world premiere of their new theatrical work, Revolution, on March 10 at The Warfield in San Francisco. Announced at the last ...
Inevitably one furrows a brow (or two) at a jumped-up subtitle promising an “incredible true story,” but David Junk delivers the goods in “Rockin’ the Kremlin,” a jaunty, picaresque memoir by the man ...
A pro-Kremlin lawmaker spawned a tsunami of scorn in Russia this week by alleging that Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi's Perestroika-era anthems were composed by CIA operatives trying to destabilize the ...