Kalinov Most is a Russia

Russia

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n folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 band, one of the most popular bands in Russia.

The band was formed in 1984 by vocalist and song-writer Dmitry Revyakin in Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk

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, Siberia

Siberia

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, USSR. They are widely considered to be the first Russian folk rock band.

Their music and lyrics are deeply influenced by Russian folk music

Ethnic Russian music

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 and Slavic mythology

Slavic mythology

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. The name "Kalinov Most" itself refers to a bridge between the world of the living and the world of the dead in Russian heroic tales and legends. Since frontman Dmitry Revyakin became a born again Christian in 2000, emphasis shifted from Paganism

Paganism

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to Christian themes.

Kalinov Most prefers to play their own compositions rather than original folk songs.

Discography

• 1986 — Калинов мост (Kalinov most / )
• 1987 — Надо было (Live)(Nado bylo / It Was Necessary)
• 1988 — Вольница (Live)(Vol'nitsa / Free Rein)
• 1988 — Всякие разные песни (D.Revyakin solo)(Vsyakiye raznye pesni / Any Different Songs)
• 1988 — Обломилась доска (D.Revyakin solo)(Oblomilas' doska / The Board Has Broken Off)
• 1988 — Охта (Д. Ревякин соло) (Ohta / Okhta)
• 1990 — Выворотень (Vivoroten')
• 1991 — Дарза (Darza)
• 1991 — Мелодии голых ветвей (Live) (Melodii golyh vetvey / Melodies of Naked Branches)
• 1991 — Узарень (Uzaren')
• 1992 — Ливень (Liven' / Downpour)
• 1993 — Никак 406 (Live)(Nikak 406 / nowise)
• 1993 — Пояс Ульчи (Poyas Ul'chi)
• 1994 — Быль (Byl' / True Story)
• 1994 — Покориться весне (Live)(Pokoritsya vesnye / To Obey Spring)
• 1995 — Травень (Traven' / May)
• 1996 — Всё поле в цветах (D.Revyakin solo)(Vsyo pole v tsvetah / All Field in Flowers)
• 1997 — Живая коллекция (Live)(Zhivaya kollektsiya / Alive Collection)
• 1998 — Обряд (D.Revyakin solo)(Obryad / Ceremony)
• 1998 — Оружие (Oruzhiye / The Weapon)
• 1999 — Улетай (Uletay / Fly Away)
• 1999 — Катунь (Live)(Katun' / Katun)
• 2000 — Иерусалим (макси-сингл)(Ierusalim / Jerusalem)
• 2001 — Руда (Ruda / Ore)
• 2006 — SWA
• 2007 — Ледяной поход (Ledyanoy pohod / Ice Campaign)
• 2009 — Сердце (Serdce / Heart)
• 2010 — Эсхато (Eshato / Eschato)
• 2011 — Золотое толокно (Zolotoye tolokno / Golden flour)

Links

• Official Site (Russian)
• About the band on another web site (Russian)
• lyrics and scores (Russian)
• Not official web-site (Russian)

http://stihi.ru/2010/04/17/1379 the song "Fly away"("Uletay") translated into Enligsh