Bering Strait (band)

Bering Strait is a country music band made up of musicians from Russia that mixes country music with traditional Russian song making, a music sometimes called "redgrass" (a reference to bluegrass).

Related Topics:
Country music - Russia - Bluegrass

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The band is comprised of five musicians:

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• Alexander Arzamastsev (drums)
• Natasha Borzilova (lead vocals, acoustic guitar)
• Sergei "Spooky" Olkhovsky (bass)
• Alexander "Sasha" Ostrovsky (dobro, steel guitar, lap steel)
• Lydia Salnikova (keyboards, vocals)

In addition, Ilya Toshinsky played electric guitar, acoustic guitar and banjo on the band's first album but is no longer a day-to-day artist with the band. Other previous musicians in Bering Strait included Sergey Passov on mandolin and fiddle, and Alexei Misikhin on bass.

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Bering Strait's self-titled debut album was released on January 14, 2003 on Universal South Records. The song "Bearing Straight" from the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, but eventually lost out to the Dixie Chicks. The band was featured in a segment on 60 Minutes and several tracks from the album were used in various television shows on Animal Planet and in an episode of Alias. Despite this, however, the album sold only about 150,000 copies and received almost no radio airplay.

Related Topics:
Self-titled debut album - January 14 - 2003 - Universal South Records - Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance - Dixie Chicks - 60 Minutes - Animal Planet - Alias

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The band's second album, Pages was released on June 28, 2005 and featured a more rootsy, less polished sound. The first single off of the album, a country remake of Fleetwood Mac's "You Make Lovin' Fun" set currently slated for release on October 24, 2005.

Related Topics:
Pages - June 28 - 2005

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