Boris Grebenshchikov

Boris Grebenshchikov and the BG+ band are going on a concert tour with a new program, which will include the new album BOGRUKINOG and the best songs of Aquarium of all times.

BG+ emerged in the year of Aquarium’s 50th anniversary, when the band had to stop its activities due to the war in Ukraine. In addition to BG, the new lineup includes keyboardist Konstantin Tumanov, bassist Alexander Titov, percussionists Liam Bradley and Gleb Grebenshchikov, flutist Brian Finnegan and violinist Andrei Surotdinov. BG+ began giving concerts in March 2022, and each performance by the musicians has become another statement against war.

The new BG+ mini-album BOGRUKINOG came out completely unexpectedly – there were no pre-announcements or announcements. The album includes four songs “Don’t Stand Above Your Soul, Mama”, “Black Swan”, “Unforgotten”, “Minsk Pinsk and Severodvinsk”. These songs were written by Grebenshchikov after a very long break. As the musician himself said, after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, he could not write for a long time.

Boris Grebenshchikov immediately after February 24, 2022, condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine. And BOGRUKINOG became one of the most powerful anti-war statements of the last year and a half. The songs from this mini-album are actually a story about modern Russia and the war it has unleashed.