In Kuibyshev, secondary Soviet capital, the orchestra of Moscow ... in contrast to much modern music that sounded merely disillusioned, cynical and ugly, young Shostakovich’s First Symphony ...
Polyphonic How Folk Music Defeated the Soviet Union Posted: February 6, 2025 | Last updated: February 6, 2025 In one of the most remarkable non-violent revolutions in history, the people of ...
SOHONIE: There was kind of a movement in the Soviet Union to liberalize the arts, in a sense. EISENBERG: This was maybe the first time that music didn't have to be overtly ideological. That was ...
Many forms of music were forbidden in the Soviet Union, especially in the first years of the Cold War. Western jazz and rock-and-roll were deemed the music of the enemy; Russian-émigré pop ...
A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.
The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades.
A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.