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Chemodan - Iva Nova Music Album

Newest Review: ... almost always upbeat, the fusion of ska, punk and traditional Russian music is a good one and makes a change from the growly ... more

 ... style of singing that Leningrad play or the cabaret, klezmer, ska mixes flying around in Moscow and particularly the St. Petersburg scene. This is a good fun album even for those who can't understand the lyrics, they even throw in a bit of jazzy blues on the track "Gruzinskiy Blyuz" (Georgian Blues), fresh and relatively unique it's unlikely that every track will appeal to anyone because there's a great difference in styles on each song but that just makes listening to it all the more exciting and varied. N...more

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Chemodan - Iva Nova: Fun folk-ska from the all girl Russian line up (354 words)
by - written on 29/05/09 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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This album translates to suitcase and could also be described as a "mixed bag", the female quintet out of St. Petersburg (Iva nova) released this album in 2006. The band write lyrics in a traditional Russian folk style but opt for a rockier outlook on life, the vocals sound somewhere between old punk and Slavic folk allowing the voice to change from a mellow angelic like sound through to a powerful and meaningful one. Never grotesque but almost always upbeat, the fusion of ska, punk and traditional Russian music is a good one and makes a change from the growly style of singing that Leningrad play or the cabaret, klezmer, ska mixes flying around in ...  Read the complete review

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