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Billy's Band (Russia)

The Billy’s Band is a famous Tom-Waits-influenced-romantic-alco-jazz-quartet from St Petersburg, Russia. Welcomed soundtrack creators, the authors of 8 top-notch albums and regular participants of various Russian and European music festivals The Billy’s Band have already conquered the heart of Russian, Italian, German, French, Finish, Israeli, Estonian and American public. Their music is a perfect English-Russian cocktail of jazz and blues, Slavonic Lieds, rock ballads and sporadic beats of an enigmatic Russian soul.

The Billy's Band is playing romantic alco-jazz. Tackling anything by Tom Waits is like wrestling an alligator: do it well and you`ve got a new pair of shoes. Describing themselves as a Dixiland funeral with an infinite happy end, Billy`s band is on the fringe in its St.Petersburg home and will be on the fringe of the fringe here. Bandleader, Billy Novik barks gruff and hip (in Russian and English) just like Waits – or perhaps Cookie Monster on a vodka bender. Billy's Band is like a combined Dixieland and polka band that plays almost jazzy. When you hear a big smash, it's one of the dudes crashing cymbals over his head to a crazy march. The lead singer/bassist (yeah, it's a bassist heading the ship) Billy Novik has a voice that can only be compared to Louis Armstrong. It's gritty and feels like it comes straight out of his gut. But he's a funny little white guy with a funny hat and even funnier stories about being told the difference between a bass and a coffin ("the dead guy's inside of the coffin"). During concerts they are wearing worn-down trench coats and no shirts, letting their bellies show for everyone. You might call them strange, but others just call them special. They were that kind of underground street band that's got oodles of talent, but you don't want them to be too big because that dark atmosphere really suits their style. The crowd goes wild for these guys, bringing them out for an encore and standing ovation. A great deal of the band`s repertoire is Waits` stuff, and when the band ventures out on its own, the genius, the oddity, and the antiquated charm still shines.

Ticket: from 900 р.

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