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Buranovskiye Babushki represent Russia at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song 'Party For Everybody'.

Watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc

http://youtu.be/WKNRGc71hjc

http://www.flixxy.com/bianca-ryan.htm 

Bianca Ryan (born 1994) is a singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who is a finalist on NBC's America's Got Talent. 

When she auditioned she sang Jennifer Holliday's "And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going)", surprising the crowd and the judges with her impressive voice, unusual for an 11-year old child. After performing

 Many people might look at the current state of hollywood movies and get a little dispirited. As a movie fan, it seems to me like more and more money is going into less and less quality. After recently watching the embarrassingly, solemnly awful The Last Airbender, the decline of big blockbusters has never seemed more evident (Inception notwithstanding).

This is a great mashup. These guys are blending 2 or 3 songs at a time and the visual isn't bad either — classical violinist while Lou Reed sings "Walk on the Wild Side," ecstatic shots of Jimi Hendrix. Plus it's such a wide range of music and so well put together. Beyonce is matched up with Lynrd Skynrd. Keep it on for a while, it just keeps going and

Подмосковные Вечера (Moscow Nights) -- with Russian subtitles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KairmsARpyo
Produced by Gilberto Serodio (From Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) with high resolution images collected from the Internet.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky Moscow Nights -- read the comments in various languages including Greek, English, Spanish (esta cancion es buenisima),

I just watched on YouTube Alexey Arkhipovsky play Paganini on balalaika -- an incredible 10-min video.  I liked it very much! 

Here are a couple of pointers -- you can find more in related videos: 

Alexey Arkhipovsky plays Paganini and more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MCHL2GJRxM

Alexey Arkhipovsky Russian Flamenko-Balalaika

Here is a link to to an amazing artist that I think you will like to see.

This Ukrainian young lady is the most amazing artist I have ever seen. 

It is very moving, and of course the music is some of my favorite.

http://www.flixxy.com/ukraine-talent-sand-animation.htm

Welcome summer visitors. Among the other splendors to be explored in Santa Cruz County is the vibrant bluegrass music scene.

 

I know, I know, who knew? No mention of local bluegrass in the brochure, just doctored photos of people enjoying the beach on one of the four days per month the fog lifts in the summer.

 

Local notables include Bean Creek, The Abbott