Monday, July 11, 2011

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


His audience: extremely professional? Extremely repressed? Extremely edited-in?
Posted by DJP at 2:01 AM
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6 comments:

Susan said...

Um, techno meets country??

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

July 11, 2011 at 2:17:00 AM CDT
JackW said...

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

July 11, 2011 at 7:15:00 AM CDT
DJP said...

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

July 11, 2011 at 7:25:00 AM CDT
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.

July 11, 2011 at 10:07:00 AM CDT
Wendy said...

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

July 11, 2011 at 3:27:00 PM CDT
DJP said...

Psh. Girls.

July 11, 2011 at 3:38:00 PM CDT

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