This combination of ancient mantric chants and eastern melodies with
their treatment in the European style of music . Musicians use a fantastic
amount of instruments, mainly ethnic - here and bagpipe and flute, and
harmonium , and bells and singing bowls, and even seashell
Pesniary was a popular Soviet Belarusian folk rock band. It was founded
in 1969 by guitarist Vladimir Mulyavin
Pesniary combined various types of music, but it mostly used Belarusian
folklore though often with various psychedelic rock elements and later rock as
well. Several of the Pesniary’s songs were composed by Alexandra Pakhmutova. The
band often used lyrics from the famous Russian and Belorussian poets of the
