Russian rock - History

Russian rock - The early 60's. Prior to the late sixties, music in the Soviet Union was divided into two groups: music published by the Melodya, and everything else. Under this second group were the bards, underground folk singer-songwriters. Bards such as Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava created the style that is referred to as "author's song" (avtorskaya pesnya), mostly played on unaccompanied acoustic guitar and characterized by a strong accent on lyrics that sometimes carried a subversive meaning. Their ...

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Russian rock, Russian rock - History, Russian rock - The early 60's, Russian rock - The late 60's and 70's, Russian rock - The 80's and 90's, Russian rock - Present day, Russian rock - Characteristics

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