Monday, July 11, 2011

Monday music: "Vanya," by Alex Arkhipovsky (amazing balalaika performance)


His audience: extremely professional? Extremely repressed? Extremely edited-in?

6 comments:

Susan said...

Um, techno meets country??

(Maybe the audience was just plain sleepy....)

JackW said...

Quite remarkable playing considering the number of strings missing from his instrument. Maybe I should chop a few off my guitar.

DJP said...

Yes; plus, given Phil Keaggy's example, you know what else has to go.

Merrilee Stevenson said...

...extremely Russian, perhaps? The one man in the audience who seemed to be into the groove also drew the attention of the cameras, and by our standards, his actions were mild.

Exactly how many strings were there? I thought three at first, but couldn't tell for sure.

Wendy said...

Nice playing, but I prefer it a little less contemporary...more Dr. Zhivago-ish.

DJP said...

Psh. Girls.