Pete Doherty Jams with Street Musician in Moscow (Video)
Nothing unique happened to Pete Doherty on his recent trip to Moscow: he got waisted on the Moscow-bound train, lost a hat, bought a hat, and played a handsomely-paid gig. But he did one really cool thing: he jammed with a street accordionist.
Apparently, as Doherty was getting out of the car to go to the venue where he was to perform that night, he spotted an accordionist. (Yes, we are also surprised by the fact that you can bump into an accordionist on a Moscow street in the winter). The poor street musician was playing “Katyusha”, the Russian WWII hit about a woman who stayed home while her boyfriend went to fight the enemy.
Doherty joined in on his guitar to the delight of the spectators.
Gorbachev—one of Russia's most simultaneously reverenced and reviled political figures—recently showed his tender side by recording an album of romantic ballads. Sold exclusively at a charitable auction, it's unavailable to the general public, but thanks to us and the internet, you are now welcome to sneak-peek of some musical glasnost.
Mumiy Troll U.S. Tour Kicks Off Today In DC
by Michael Idov
We’ll come right out and say it: alongside Zemfira and Splean, Mumiy Troll are one of the very, very few Russian rock acts we’re not embarrassed to crank up with Brits or Yanks within earshot. And Mumiy (pronounced like roomy) Troll might be the worldliest of the three, what with lead singer Ilya Lagutenko’s multilingual punning (he’s fluent in Mandarin, among other things) and no-translation-needed feline yowl. 2009 brings the band’s first attempt to conquer the U.S. in earnest – and seemingly on their own terms.