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Outmusic Awards Recipient and founder of Rose Street House of Music, Irina has performed for 25 years, from her childhood singing jazz and Russian folk in a family band, to performing her own songs for the last 12 years. Her gutsy vocal world originals journey into personal and political, with occasional travels into Russian and Spanish language lyrics. Irina layers her poetic lyrics with rich textured harmonies, swirling with vocal percussive beats. She creates rhythms, melodies, harmonies, all live on-the-spot using her loop station instrument.

Her full-length CD “upwelling” was released on Rose Street Records in 2004, and has received airplay on over 100 radio programs. "See Through Bush," a song from "upwelling," received repeated airplay all over the world after being chosen for the Acoustic Rainbow v.20 radio sampler (distributed to 1300 radio stations).

In addition, as an occasional harmony vocalist for SONiA, she sang at the 4/25/04 March for Women’s Lives in Washington DC, the biggest march in U.S. history, as well as at the June 2004 Clearwater Hudson River Revival on a stage shared with Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Toshi Reagan, and Dar Williams. Irina has performed her own originals at a variety of festivals and tours, including the Susquehanna Music & Arts Festival, numerous Pride and Women’s Music Festivals, and venues across the country.

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