The 15 Song Album collection:

01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU

Alla hasn't been that innovative when it comes to music, but she has been a forerunner and rawmodel for many Soviet artists that never were part of the establishment. She made way to very many artists, helping them with their carreer and mentoring them. Se was also one of very very few Russian/Soviet artists that were accepted and loved abroad.

Is their a lot of interest in Russian culture in Sweden or is it just a personal thing?
 
01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU
06 - Any Song - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
07 - Dr Who Theme - Delia Derbyshire
08 - Birds - Emiliana Torini
09 - Time Beat - Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini & George Martin)
 
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Many years ago, a Swedish lad, Jacob Dahlin, ran a TV-show called Jacob's Ladder (1985-88) and often invited Alla Pugacheva and her friends (husbands; she has MANY of them) to his show. The show and the artists, even Russian, became popular in Sweden and Alla even released an album, where she sang in English for the Swedish audience.
However, the influx of Russian culture has since totally ceased. Maybe an odd psychological/philosophical movie can be seen on Swedish TV, but NO music, much depending on the Russo-fobia in Sweden.
Another reason is that the BIG, the GREAT musicians and groups make music for a Russian audience. DDT, ChaiF, Neprikasaemie for instance play music that is very political and that only Russians will comprehend, so going abroad would mean loosing a chance to tell the citizens of Russia what kind of guys rule the country.
I got interesting back in 1989/90 when I first came to work in Soviet Union and then in 95/96, when I was residing in St Petersburg I frequently raided the music shops looking for Russian music, of which I have some 130-150 CDs. I like the music because of the high quality in performance (texts, instrumentation, production ...) and most music, I would say, are either pure and hard rock or pure and hard progressive music.

I finally would like to stress that a few artists have tried a career outside Russia. Boris Grebentchikov tried in the 80's as BG as di Zhanna Aguzarova, but both failed more or less. However there are in my collection two groups that have gained some interest due to the kind of music they play: Little Tragedies and Sunchild (Ukraine). They both play a sort of progressive music that attracts many lovers of that kind of music.
 
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01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU
06 - Any Song - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
07 - Dr Who Theme - Delia Derbyshire
08 - Birds - Emiliana Torini
09 - Time Beat - Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini & George Martin)
10 - Language is a Virus - Laurie Anderson
 
01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU
06 - Any Song - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
07 - Dr Who Theme - Delia Derbyshire
08 - Birds - Emiliana Torini
09 - Time Beat - Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini & George Martin)
10 - Language is a Virus - Laurie Anderson
11 - Pilots (On a Star) - Goldfrapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhF0Izwyc-8
 
01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU
06 - Any Song - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
07 - Dr Who Theme - Delia Derbyshire
08 - Birds - Emiliana Torini
09 - Time Beat - Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini & George Martin)
10 - Language is a Virus - Laurie Anderson
11 - Pilots (On a Star) - Goldfrapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhF0Izwyc-8
12 - Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie Sioux ( & The Banshes )
 
01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU
06 - Any Song - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
07 - Dr Who Theme - Delia Derbyshire
08 - Birds - Emiliana Torini
09 - Time Beat - Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini & George Martin)
10 - Language is a Virus - Laurie Anderson
11 - Pilots (On a Star) - Goldfrapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhF0Izwyc-8
12 - Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie Sioux ( & The Banshes )
13 - Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
 
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01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU
06 - Any Song - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
07 - Dr Who Theme - Delia Derbyshire
08 - Birds - Emiliana Torini
09 - Time Beat - Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini & George Martin)
10 - Language is a Virus - Laurie Anderson
11 - Pilots (On a Star) - Goldfrapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhF0Izwyc-8
12 - Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie Sioux ( & The Banshes )
13 - Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
14 - Let My People Go - Diamanda Galas

Hard to pick a song. She terrifies me.
 
01 - Funk The Fear - Esperanza Spalding
02 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_fjoqZZik4
03 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
04 - When the Rain Came Down - Happy Rhodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY
05 - Любовь, похожая на сон - Alla Pugacheva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8s2ozZdHuU
06 - Any Song - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
07 - Dr Who Theme - Delia Derbyshire
08 - Birds - Emiliana Torini
09 - Time Beat - Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini & George Martin)
10 - Language is a Virus - Laurie Anderson
11 - Pilots (On a Star) - Goldfrapp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhF0Izwyc-8
12 - Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie Sioux ( & The Banshes )
13 - Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
14 - Let My People Go - Diamanda Galas
15 - To Love Somebody - Janis Joplin