Our apartment walls have heard a LOT of Russian music over the years. In the beginning it was just my husband, listening to the music he’d brought with him from Ukraine. I’d go along with whatever he had playing, … Read More
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. You can love him or you can hate him, but you can’t ignore him. I swear he’s got as many internet memes as the cats do! The man’s certainly got staying power, … Read More
Russian hip hop has the same issues that both American hip hop and 7th grade have: oh man, guys, we gotta look cooler than everybody else. Try harder to act cool, чуваки! Case in point- Ugh, I’m so … Read More
Take a listen to this silly but catchy song that hit Russian airwaves in 2006. It’s one of several remakes (including a slightly-off Dutch version) of the Persian-English song “Temptation”. The original version seems to be more about love than … Read More
Sergey Babkin was half of the musical duo 5’nizza (read: пятница, Friday) and is still quite the local celebrity in his birthplace of Kharkiv, Ukraine. Even though the group disbanded almost a decade ago, I’d noticed his face plastered all … Read More
I’ve been a bit under the weather this month and trying to follow all the ideas in the picture above. The internet has also been a good distraction- here’s the best of what I found this month! Looking for … Read More
It wasn’t until I got to Russia that I realized how much pop culture really travels the world. Turn on the dorm TV and there was the 90s hit Married with Children… except, wait… everyone spoke Russian and lived Yekaterinburg. … Read More
While this band is from a past era, their music still remains in the hearts of many. The song Последнее письмо, more commonly known as Гуд-бай Америка, is not one of my favorite songs (так много тоски!) but it’s worth … Read More
Here’s a cheerful little song from Верка Сердучка, Ukraine’s most outlandish cross-dressing artist. The song is called пирожок and tells of a woman’s mighty quest to find a tasty pirozhok :p На сколько я знаю (as far as I know) … Read More
Okay, this song is pretty much a freebie as it only contains one word in Russian… да (da, yes) :p On the other hand, it’s an awesome rock song and you’d be hard pressed to find a Russian speaker who … Read More