Artist Info: White Fort

White Fort. Two Siberians. Белый Острог. By any other name, this is a rocking Russian duet composed of Artyom Yakushenko (violin) and Yuriy Matveyev (guitar).

Their music tends to be lively and dynamic and spans many genres. They can pull this off because they've spent far too many winters with nothing to do but practice, practice, practice.

They met while studying classical music at the Fine Arts Academy in Irkutsk, Siberia. Their first performance was a national music festival in Novosibirsk [read more...]