Ersatzmusika Russia
These 6 Berlin-based musicians spent a large proportion of their lives in the USSR - that mythical and legendary place beyond the iron stage curtain where Gypsies sing of woollen boots, worshippers of Mammon decry broken hearts and glasses sing paeans to lost love. ... more
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Her voice descends to deliver a suitable hair-raising rendition.
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