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Bering Strait was a country music band made up of musicians from Russia, that mixed country music with traditional Russian song making. Their style was sometimes called "redgrass" (a reference to bluegrass). The band achieved prominence in 2003, being nominated for a Grammy Award and featured in a segment on the prestigious American news program ''60 Minutes'', but never caught on with major sales. The group disbanded in 2006. ==History== Bering Strait is actually the band's third name. The original name of the band was Cheerful Diligence. In 1996 they first recorded in the US under the name Siberian Heatwave and were guests on TNN's ''Prime Time Country''. The band dissolved in late May 2006, but the official announcement was not made until June 1, 2006. At the time of its dissolution, the band comprised five musicians: * Alexander Arzamastsev (drums) * Natasha Borzilova (lead vocals, acoustic guitar) * Sergei “Spooky” Olkhovsky (bass) * Alexander “Sasha” Ostrovsky (dobro, steel guitar, lap steel) * Lydia Salnikova (lead vocals, keyboards) Former member Ilya Toshinsky played electric guitar, acoustic guitar and banjo on the band’s first album but left the band after recording the second album. Other former Bering Strait musicians are Sergei Passov (mandolin and fiddle), and Andrei Misikhin (bass). Chris Pandolfi, of the bluegrass band the Infamous Stringdusters, served as their touring banjo player early on. Natasha Borzilova is the daughter of a nuclear scientist who died from the results of the Chernobyl disaster. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bering Strait (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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