No single collection can capture the wide range of styles through which Grebenshikov has romped in the past twenty years, so the NAXOS WORLD folks have wisely chosen songs which emphasize the "World Music" side of things. RUSSIAN SONGWRITER brings together a selection of Grebenshikov/Akvarium's post-Soviet work, including a few non-Grebenshikov songs of the particularly Russian "Guitar Poet" genre. The album is mellow and beautiful, built around Boris's voice, acoustic guitars, accordions, and a host of other instruments. For the ill-informed and Russian-challenged, it includes liner notes along with lyrics in Russian, English, German and French. If you don't know Grebenshikov's work, this is a great place to start.