And I need these people. Nonetheless, he delights in traveling the globe. Boris Grebenshikov is still one of the most important figures in Russian rock Boris Grebenshikov Archive. Grebenshikov is recording a new album, which he says constitutes an atypically personal, emotional reaction to current events in Russia and the world.
It will come out 1 November. Despite its title, the artist insists it is not about the current wave of Russian emigration. Instead, it takes a longer view. They drove him past his apartment, and told him to take a long look, because it was the last time he would ever see it. Later, they let him go. After that, Grebenshikov composed the song. I can disappear and never appear again and no one will have the nerve to ask.
Or I can go away, but I lose everyone I love. Soon after, he befriended a couple of important poets, and this afforded him a degree of protection. Recently, though, the song came back to him, he said, and asked for a last verse, which he wrote.
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