Отава Ё Otava Yo Камаринская Kamarinskaya

Band: Отава Ё (Otava Yo)
Album: Что за песни
Genre: Folk Beat
Country: Russia
Year: 2013

Get it here:
* otavae@gmail.com
(their previous album) — www.cdbaby.com/cd/otavayo


Websites:
* otava-yo.spb.ru/
* www.facebook.com/pages/Otava-yo-%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%91/210428005652269?id=210428005652269
* myspace.com/otavae
* otavae.kroogi.com/?locale=en

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Otava Yo — turns Russian folk songs into powerful dance music, a new Russian Beat. The band «can take great concert halls by storm with their Slavic temperament and fire... an authentic example of what will happen if a classical Russian Ivan gets into a groove.» (Kiviberg, Viljandi Folk Festival)

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Otava Yo was formed by Alexey Belkin, Alexey Skosirev and Dmitry Shikhardin in 2004. For inspiration they turned to Russian folk songs — not to the very old ones, but to recent songs and tunes which were popular when their parents were young. After working on its «Russian beat» concept for three years the band released a new album, «Once Upon a Time.»

For fun, Otava Yo bases its image on the stereotype of the real Russian man. Witty song introductions emerged with the music, livening up already energetic performances. The band is very popular in its home city of St. Petersburg, playing some 80 concerts a year at various venues and events. 2010 was specially successful — Otava Yo played at several well known European folk festivals, breaking records in festival CD sales and meeting the president of Estonia, made its first music video, and and produced a play based on Russian Christmas songs, which will soon be released on an album as well.
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Members:
Alexey Belkin — bagpipe, gusli, zhaleika, vocal
Alexey Skosyrev — acoustic guitar, vocal
Dmitry Shikhardin — fiddle, vocal
Yulia Usova — violin, vocal
Petr Sergeev — darbuca, bass drum
Timur Sigidin — bass guitar
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Lyrics:
Как по улице Варваринской пробежал мужик камаринский,
Ах, ты, сукин сын, камаринский мужик, разделся, по улице бежит.
Да и где же это видано, в каком свете это слыхано!
У нас курица барана родила, кочерёжка яиц нанесла,
Помело-то рассекалося, по лавочкам разбегалося.

А безрукий-то яйца покрал, голопузому за пазуху поклал,
А слепой-то всё подглёдывал, а глухой-то всё подслушивал,
А немой караул закричал, а безногий вдогонку побежал:
— Ой, матушка, разбой, разбой, государыня, пивной, пивной!

Да и был я на том конце, да и пил я вино в корце,
Да и спал я на подушечке, целовали меня душечки,
Всё душечки-Машечки, подарили мне бумажечки,
А бумажечки-то новенькие, двадцатипятирублёвенькие!
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