Cool As Folk: Sasha Ilyukevich and The Highly Skilled Migrants, Lovelace

London-based Belarusian troubadour Sasha Ilyukevich and his British band 'The Highly Skilled Migrants' create an incomparable brew of post punk electric energy and folk lyricism. This is one of those rare bands, which transcends their inspirations to create powerful and original music of its own, 'Belarusian Rock 'n' Roll'.

Lovelace's past-life, was one of treading the boards, singing NWA covers in an experimental punk band, podium dancing in animal costumes, drag king acts, and escaping spontaneously overseas for love… Her muses, as well as the cowboys of her past, lie in the rolling landscapes of Devon (where she grew up), the sea, John Keats, Patti Smith, Kate Bush and The Dirty Projectors.

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