Bering Strait is the self-titled debut album from the country music band Bering Strait.

Early versions of the album did not have "When Going Home," but instead had two additional tracks. The album originally opened with "Magic" and also had another multilingual song called, "We Are The Same." In the end, the two tracks were removed in favor of "When Going Home."

Chart performance

Music videos

Music videos were produced for "When Going Home," "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" and the 2002 Grammy Award Nominee "Bearing Straight." Ultimately, "Bearing Straight" was aired on national television as a country music video, whereas "Jagged Edge" was aired on Great American Country video music cable channel and distributed as a digital file on the CD album itself. "When Going Home" was never publicly distributed.

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Artist/Band Information

Bering Strait was a country music band made up of musicians from Russia, that mixed country music with traditional Russian song making. Their style was sometimes called "redgrass" (a reference to bluegrass). The band achieved prominence in 2003, being nominated for a Grammy Award and featured in a segment on the prestigious American news program 60 Minutes, but never caught on with major sales. The group disbanded in 2006.

History

Bering Strait is actually the band's third name. Original name of the band was Cheerful Diligence. In 1996 they first recorded in the US under the name Siberian Heatwave and were guests on TNN's Prime Time Country. The band dissolved in late May, 2006, but the official announcement was not made until June 1, 2006.

At the time of its dissolution, the band comprised five musicians:

* Alexander Arzamastsev (drums)

* Natasha Borzilova (lead vocals, acoustic guitar)

* Sergei “Spooky” Olkhovsky (bass)

* Alexander “Sasha” Ostrovsky (dobro, steel guitar, lap steel)

* Lydia Salnikova (lead vocals, keyboards)

Former member Ilya Toshinsky played electric guitar, acoustic guitar and banjo on the band’s first album but left the band after recording the second album. Other former Bering Strait musicians are Sergei Passov (mandolin and fiddle), and Andrei Misikhin (bass).

Natasha Borzilova is the daughter of a nuclear scientist who died from the results of the Chernobyl disaster.

Works

Bering Strait’s self-titled debut album was released in 2003 on Universal South Records. The song “Bearing Straight” from the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, but eventually lost out to the Dixie Chicks.

A full-length documentary film, , chronicled the band's career over two and a half years, and was released to theaters and broadcast on CMT. They were featured in a segment on 60 Minutes, and several tracks from the album were used in the television shows Animal Planet and Alias. Despite the media exposure, the album sold only about 150,000 copies and received almost no radio airplay.

The band’s second album, Pages was released in 2005 and featured a more rootsy, less polished sound. The first single from the album was a country remake of Fleetwood Mac’s "You Make Lovin’ Fun".

Current projects

Sasha and Spooky are currently playing with the new group . Lydia and Natasha are pursuing solo projects.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

* 60 Minutes, 2003