Blog: Hidden Track

The story of Regina Spektor's rise to pop stardom is something that you might find as the plot to a Disney movie. The quirky piano-pop queen was born and raised in Moscow, learning about Western rock and pop music from her father's bootleg cassette tapes, while becoming quite adept at playing the piano. At the age of nine, Spektor's family emigrated to the United States, during Russia's period of Perestroika, landing in the Bronx. Without access to a piano of their own right away, Spektor practiced anywhere she could, which included playing a piano in the [...]