Blues

Rock developed from blues in the US. However, in Russia and the former USSR, blues influences only caught on widely after rock had established itself under perestroika. Most artists there today that are recognized as blues practitioners are probably more recognizable to Americans as blues-influenced rock bands.

Languages: Search for blues and blues-influenced music performed in Russian or Polish.

September 27, 2016

Chaif / Чайф

Chaif (Чайф) is a Russian rock band originally from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). The name is a play on the Russian words for “tea” (chai, чай) and the slang for “pleasure” (kaif, кайф). Chaif saw national fame in the early 1990s with hits like “Don’t Rush” (“Не спеши”) and “17,” and they are still well known […]

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One, Two, Three / Raz, Dwa, Trzy

Natalia Przybysz

Evgenii Margulis / Евгений Маргулис

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