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Anthony Fedorov was a contestant on the fourth season of Fox's American Idol. Born in Ukraine, the now tri-lingual singer suffered from breathing complications that led to a tracheotomy at an extremely young age, and doctors predicted Anthony would lose all ability to speak, let alone sing. But after a miraculous recovery, he regained the use of his voice and throughout his teens he could be found shuttling between Pennsylvania and New York City, singing whenever and wherever he had the opportunity. .

Alexander Fedoriouk began playing the cimbalom at the age of seven in his hometown of Kolomyia, Ukraine, and received his Bachelor's degree in music from the Kiev State Conservatory. In addition to being heralded as one of the greatest cimbalom players in North America, Alexander is an accomplished percussionist, woodwind player, accordionist, and instrument maker. Currently, Alexander is a bandleader of CCX (Cross Cultural Xperiment) ensemble. ?? http://www.last.fm/music/CCX .

Fedor Tau (b. 1929 - 2006) is a throat singer from Tuva. "The wrestling with all it's ceremonies was similar to Mänchen-Helfen's description, but since I am not very much into that kind of martial arts, I mostly ignored the wrestling itself. Instead, I kept observing a certain referee, an old throat singer, Fedor Tau. We wanted to photograph and interview him and record his singing, which he promised. He would only have to finish his duties as a referee. In the end it turned out that one of their duties was to gather up in a nearby forest to...

Originally hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Peter Fedofsky has spent equal portions of his life in three very distinct areas of the country. After spending a decade in New York, he spent the next decade around Chicago, and finally settled into life out West in Seattle, Washington. For all this geographical diversity, it comes as a surprise that he would be most at home somewhere in England. So heavy is his obsession with the formative Brit-pop of acts like The Beatles, The Zombies, and The Kinks, that he seems out of step with the last 20 years of music and...