Bluegrass Ambassadors Podcast: Ep. 3 - From Russia with Love

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BONUS CONTENT

Yulia told a bunch of wonderful stories, but we wanted to drop the photos and videos that go along with them for context. Feel free to email contact@bluegrassambassadors.org if you have any questions or comments.

The b+w video above here is the Young Pioneer’s motto and extremely surreal if you were ever a boy scout in the US or anywhere else. It’s so clear they go their cues directly from the scout program in the states. To the right is the song from the podcast with some incredibly iconic 80’s Soviet imagery.

The line between Europe and Asia.

The line between Europe and Asia.

Ufa, Russia.

Ufa, Russia.

The Soviet’s were proud of their jets, which were everywhere.

The Soviet’s were proud of their jets, which were everywhere.

Russian iconography is EVERYWHERE there. I imagine Russians find statues of Lincoln and Mt. Rushmore just as strange as we did finding busts of Lenin. (This was backstage at a show,, fwiw.)

Russian iconography is EVERYWHERE there. I imagine Russians find statues of Lincoln and Mt. Rushmore just as strange as we did finding busts of Lenin. (This was backstage at a show,, fwiw.)

This was a great moment when two musicians swapped instruments. That’s our old guitar player Starr Moss!

This was a great moment when two musicians swapped instruments. That’s our old guitar player Starr Moss!

Yulia was quite difficult to get on camera. Of the many hundreds of photos we took, I only found three with her in it.

Yulia was quite difficult to get on camera. Of the many hundreds of photos we took, I only found three with her in it.

Henhouse Prowlers at the school for the blind + deaf.

Henhouse Prowlers at the school for the blind + deaf.

The mall in Ufa that Yulia arranged for us to play in at the last minute.

The mall in Ufa that Yulia arranged for us to play in at the last minute.

Singing with the babushkas on our second trip to Russia.

Singing with the babushkas on our second trip to Russia.

Ben Wright