Tallinn Rocks: Music Docs Put Fest Spotlight on Baltic Bands BIX, aka “Almost Nirvana,” and Velikije Luki

Indrek Spungin's 'Happiness Is Living in Our Land' tells the story of Estonian punks, while Emilis Vėlyvis' 'BIX Almost ...
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A music producer found an old record. It opened up a world of Soviet-era disco

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. About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New ...

La Scala Honors Shostakovich with a New Vision of his Original ‘Lady Macbeth’

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid ...
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Russia's Revived Soviet Music Contest To Take Place In September

Russia will hold its "Intervision" music competition in September, organisers announced on Wednesday, after authorities revived the Soviet-era competition that was meant to rival Eurovision. The ...