Inna Zhelannaya

Inna Zhelannaya is the first world music star in Russia, the founder of the "Farlanders" band, that won thousands of people on the most prestigious festivals of ethnic, jazz, pop and rock music in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, USA.

Inna Zhelannaya`s albums were released in Germany and in the USA and won high positions in international charts, her concerts were broadcasted by famous european radio and TV companies -- BBC(UK), ZDF, NDR, WDR(Germany), Radio France International(France), Radio Netherlands(Netherlands). The articles and reviews were published by Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Village Voice(USA), Scotsman, Herald(UK), Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung(Germany).

In February 2007 Zhelannaya gathers a new band. She still works with folklore material from different regions of Russia, but even professionals cannot define the style of her music now. It`s a mix of jazz, progressive, trance and psyhodelic.
Albums:
Winter – DVD Live 2008
Live in Tele-club – DVD Live 2010

On the 14th of November Inna Releases here solo album "Cocoon" (feat.Trey Gunn), the core of which again consists of Rusian folklore songs. Executed with the delicate taste and with utmost care of folklore material, meditative "Cocoon" has been already acknowledged to be one of the best works of Zhelannaya. “Cocoon” was issued in USA (“7D Media” label) by license in november 2010.