C-C MUSIC REACTOR REACTS TO DIANA ANKUDINOVA- THE CAPRICIOUS HORSES!

C-C MUSIC REACTOR REACTS TO DIANA ANKUDINOVA- THE CAPRICIOUS HORSES! Today we are going to listen to Diana sing a cover of one of Russia’s most iconic and influencing music figures ever. He was Vladimir Vysotsky. Within the Russophone world he is far and away the most famous “bard” — half-poet, half-singer. His songs are standard repertoire in Russian bars and around family gatherings, and though formed in the specific conditions of the post-Stalinist Thaw and Brezhnev’s Stagnation, they carry special meaning for Russians to this day. Vysotsky’s songs, with their mix of allegory, archetype and anecdote, appeal to the Russian sense of “Что делать?/ What can you do?” — endurance in the face of the indignities and demands of life. Paired with this, though, is the bard’s fiercely rebellious streak, as he spoke out in a cutting and lyrical way about living under an authoritarian regime. It’s perhaps for this reason that Vysotsky’s music has found some of its most ardent fans in formerly