Umka and Bronevik

Umka and Bronevik in Chicago, November 2009.

Umka and Bronevik (Russian: Умка и Броневик, "Umka and the Armoured Car"), sometimes abbreviated as Umka & Bro, is a Russian band playing in the American and British guitar rock styles of 1960-1970s, ranging from classic rhythm-and-blues to psychedelic.

The present band members are:

• Anna Gerasimova ("Umka"), lead singer, songwriter
• Boris Kanunnikov, lead guitar
• Mikhail Trofimenko, bass guitar
• Boris Markov, drums
• Igor Oistrakh, harp

Umka's songs and the Bronevik music are influenced by Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac, as well as Russian Silver Age poets: Daniil Kharms, Osip Mandelshtam, Alexander Vvedensky.

Discography

Note: only the CDs listed on the English official site are listed here.

• 1998 The CD (Russian: Компакт)
• 1998 To Command The Parade (Командовать парадом)
• 1999 Mole's Move (Ход кротом)
• 2000 Dandelion Movie (Кино из одуванчиков)
• 2000 Weltschmerz
• 2001 Stash (Заначка)
• 2002 Handicap's Paradise (Рай для инвалидов)
• 2003 Unplugged
• 2004 Victory Park (Парк Победы)
• 2004 Umka and Bro at AnTrop's (Умка и Броневичок на студии "АнТроп")
• 2005 600
• 2006 No Fear (Ничего страшного)
• 2007 Breaking Isn't Building (Ломать не строить)
• 2009 Closer Sessions (a vinyl LP album recorded in the USA on the Porto Franco Records label)

External links

• Umka.ru - official website (Russian)
• Umka & Bro artist page on Porto Franco Records
• About the band at the FREE!MUSIC project
• English official website
• Albums - available for download in mp3; English version
• A short autobiography by Umka written in English
• Video and audio archive
• Live session on mastanmusic.com podcast