The Ballad Of Bering Strait

Seven Russian teenagers, classically trained musicians from small-town Obninsk, form a country-western band called Bering Strait and, after a chance encounter with an American businessman in a Moscow Mexican restaurant, find themselves pursuing the American dream in Tennessee. Really. The fresh-faced youngsters — Ilya Toshinsky, Natasha Borzilova, Sasha Ostrovsky, Lydia Salnikova, Alexander Arzamastev and Sergei Olkhovsky — met in music school as children, and their love affair with American country music began under the wing of a bluegrass-loving classical guitar instructor. They have some phenomenal luck: They're quickly signed to Arista Nashville, find a...