The DJ Who "Brought Down" the USSR: The Life and Legacy of Seva Novgorodsev - Paperback

by Michelle Daniel (Author)

When a Russian éeacute;migré jazz musician makes his DJ debut on the BBC's airwaves in 1977 with Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke," no one expects that he, Seva Novgorodsev, would become more popular than just a presenter of forbidden Western music-he would liberate the people of the USSR.

Author Biography

Michelle Daniel was born in Malaysia and is a Grammy-nominated musician, writer, and podcaster raised on the voices of the BBC. She holds a master's in Russian Studies from The University of Texas at Austin, where she now works as executive producer of The Slavic Connexion and other academic podcasts.