Johnny Winter died On Wednesday, July 17, at the age of 70 in Switzerland, the American blues guitarist Johnny Winter died in Switzerland. It is reported by American Blues Scene . Johnny Winter was born in 1944 in Texas, from childhood he was fond of music, at the age of 10, he and his brother performed on local television, at the age of 15 he released the first entry. In 1968, Winter recorded his first album “The Progressive Blues Experiment”.

Medinsky promises to cancel rental certificates at festivals The Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky said that in the fall the Ministry of Culture will introduce an amendment to the government, which cancel the obligatory rental certificates for showing films at Russian film festivals. Medinsky made this statement on Wednesday, July 16, RIA Novosti reports.

This is the third setting of the blockbuster of Prokofiev in the Gergiev era. One of the previous ones was done by Andron Konchalovsky in 2000 with a very young Anna Netrebko in the role of Natasha Rostova, and the other was the same Gram Vic as now, only much younger; It was in 1991 - and it was already a version without bills. Now she is. That is, more than four hours of music, and with delay and wires for recording television version - and all five.

The demolition of the estate in Moscow is recognized as illegal The Moscow prosecutor's office initiated the initiation of a criminal case about the illegal demolition of the historical estate of the XIX century on Bolshaya Ordynka.

Anecdotes about the new Russians, legends about a snowy man, stories about giant rats in the subway, sects, conspiracies for money-all this in our minds is firmly connected with the 90s. The folklorist Alexander Arkhipova told where all these stories came from, why they appeared so actively in the 90s and what happened in the minds of urban residents at that time. -How did the 90s affect folklore and oral tradition?

Talking about the fact that Alfa-Bank is preparing the festival of the future, began in the spring. At first, it was only known that it would not be held in Moscow or even in St. Petersburg, but somewhere in a clean field. It was not completely clear what would happen: some said that such as the second “invasion”, others - that only electronic musicians. In early summer, it turned out that there would be something average, and most importantly - outrageously expensive.

Motorhead will perform in Moscow © 2013, Jonas Rogowski Mickey Di at the Motorhead concert in Germany The British rock band Motorhead will come to Russia for the first time since 2009. The concert will be held on July 25 in the Moscow Hall Crocus City Hall.

Schoolchildren will instill an “anti -corruption worldview” The Ministry of Education and Science has prepared an order to approve the state standard of secondary general education. According to the standard, graduates of Russian schools should, in particular, have formed an “anti -corruption worldview”. “The approval of the new standard is associated with the need to bring it into line with the new law" On Education ". - explained to Izvestia in the Ministry of Education and Science.

Pavel Sheremet left OTR © Facebook Pavel Sheremet Journalist Pavel Sheremet leaves the passive television of Russia (OTR) because of his position regarding the coverage of Ukrainian events. “I leave Russian public television with a clear conscience. - wrote Sheremet on his Facebook. - Honestly, I was very surprised when I was invited to lead the program "Truth!" It is strange that we managed for so long - 9 months - to hold out in the sea of ​​Russian television propaganda and obscurantism.

In the "Muzenergot" , about which we have already written , the trio of Simon Shpis also plays. These days - in Siberia, and on July 22 - and in Moscow. Outwardly, the musicians from the Swiss Simon Simon Shpis remind the no longer jazmens brought up on Wayne Shorter and the Mackey Tiner, or the new participants in the posters of the Afisha, or the Band of the films of Aka Kaurisma.