Raznotravie

Info Raznotravie is a folk-rock or ethno-rock group from a Russian city Rybinsk. It was founded in 1996 by Vyacheslav Kamenkov (Winch) and Valery Ershov (Valda). Later on, the rest of the musicians joined the group, including Alexey Pikunov (Tikhoy), Mikhail Pasadsky (Ryba), Pavel (...)

Info Raznotravie is a folk-rock or ethno-rock group from a Russian city Rybinsk. It was founded in 1996 by Vyacheslav Kamenkov (Winch) and Valery Ershov (Valda). Later on, the rest of the musicians joined the group, including Alexey Pikunov (Tikhoy), Mikhail Pasadsky (Ryba), Pavel Davydovitch (Strashny), Vladimir Poturay, Alexandr Shushkov (Shults). In summer of 1997, they recorded a concert program "Solntrevorot", in the fall the work on the first disk - "Semero" ("The Seven") had started. The composition of the group stayed unchanged until 1999 and played in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl, Moscow etc.

The group played author’s acoustic folk-rock based on elements of Slavic folklore. In 2000, the group recorded its second disk "Katorga" ("Servitude"), where the sound producing and co-authoring of musical arrangements were carried out by Mitya Kuznetsov ("Sedmaya Voda", "The seventh water"), who also played
lyre, wind and performed back-vocal. After that, a joined project "RAZNIOTRAVIE & Mitya Kuznetsov" was started which had been introduced to public at first in February of 2001. In the framework of this project, the group played in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Tver, as well as represented Russia at the Festivals in Scopje (Maсedonia), Kaunas, Alitas, Panevezys (Lithuania), Tartu (Estonia).

In December of 2003 the group stopped its existence.

In 2010, the rebirth of the group had taken place. "Raznotravie" appeared on March 13th in Moscow Central Journalists' House at the presentation of a folk-rock-group "Kalendar"'s new disk "Reki Bogov" ("Rivers of Gods"). The group plans to start recording a new disk.

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