Today we release our book trailer for Red Wave: An American in the Soviet Music Underground ! The memoir of Joanna Stingray, written with her daughter, Madison, Red Wave provides… Read more New Book Trailer! Red Wave: An American in Soviet Music Underground →
RED WAVE: a memoir by an American who almost single-handedly introduced Soviet rock to the free world. Enchanted by the likes of Boris Grebenshchikov, whose samizdat cassettes were massively successful… Read more Kirkus Reviews: Joanna Stingray is “a study in moxie and enthusiasm” →
The idea of Soviet Russia often paints a bleak picture in our minds; in the height of the Cold War, many Americans saw it as a cultural blackhole. In her… Read more Joanna Stingray’s Music Video “Feeling” Reveals a Warmer Cold War Leningrad →
As one of the first American musicians to break through the Soviet scene, and one of the few women to be seen as an equal amongst Leningrad’s pantheon of rock… Read more Punk scholar Alexander Herbert endorses forthcoming Stingray memoir →