The political positioning of Russia has always been one of mass cultural control, but does this still extend currently into ...

Rock music was placed under heavy restrictions in the USSR during the Cold War, but, in 1988, the regime allowed Bon Jovi to ...

Before its members went into exile, IC3PEAK was one of the most notorious musical acts in Russia. Now, it’s pivoting to a ...

Western jazz and rock-and-roll were deemed the music of the enemy; Russian-émigré pop, the music of traitors. The Soviets banned “any music with a sort of swing to it,” says Stephen Coates ...