Irina Surina (June 2017), lead singer for Kukuruza, 1989–2000
Kukuruza is a Russian band who progressed from a student startup to become an international touring act in the early 1990s.
In 1994, the Chicago Tribune said they were "among the top country groups of Eastern Europe and Russia".[2] That same year, they performed their bluegrass-influenced music before the genre's founder, Bill Monroe, at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] As of 2013, they were the only Eastern European group to play at the Opry.
Their repertoire includes a mix of music, from Russian folk to American bluegrass, to country-rock, rock-and-roll and blues.[3][4] The band toured the United States six times from 1991 to 1994.[5] They have performed country and bluegrass-influenced music longer than any other Russian group, with a total of 15 albums over 30 years, 3 in the United States and 12 more in Russia.[3] The band is still active, but with a different lineup of performers than they had in the mid-1980s and 1990s when they rose to international prominence. In 2010 they played at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[6]
The band's name КукурузА is the Russian word for corn.[7] Years after the founding, the story of taking the name has been lost, as different members remember different things. The name wasn't meant to imply corny or funny, however.[2] It was a serious name that implied that the band had many flavors, just as corn has many flavors, depending upon where it is grown.[2]
^Kukuruza Crossing Borders (album cover (reverse side)). Durham, North Carolina: Sugar Hill Records. 1993. OCLC 30615870.
^ abcdDuckman, David (20 February 1994). "No Second Fiddle, Bluegrass In Russia? Kukuruza Plucks And Picks With Aplomb". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ ab"КУКУРУЗА (translation: Corn)". KM.RU Encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^"15 gadu jubilejas Kantrifestivālā ieradīsies īpaši ciemiņi". Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^""KUKURUZA"" (PDF). Montreux Film Festival 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010. [Bio sheet at Montreux Film Festival 2010 page]
^"PROGRAM '10, BY ARTIST - K". montreuxjazzfestival2010.com. Montreux Jazz Festival. Retrieved 8 February 2018. KukuruzA (RUS), 07 July 2010, venue: Parc Vernex, time: 15:00
^Proshina, Zoya G.; Eddy, Anna A., eds. (6 October 2016). Russian English: History, Functions, and Features. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9781107073746. In Russia there are more than twenty country and bluegrass bands...Kukuruza 'Popcorn'...who perform mainly classic country songs...
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