As somebody somewhere once said: the Russians are coming. But we are not talking about Eurovision here, neither are we talking about billionaire football oligarchs, but rather one woman, Slava, the brightest exponent of Russian pop this century. A star in her homeland since 2002, she has just written and recorded her debut international album, Eclipse, in London, UK, at Bath’s Woolhall Studios. During recording breaks, she would nip to the local pub where she developed a taste for ale and bitter, and she also fell in love with the surrounding countryside.

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