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	Regina Spektor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spektor comes from a musical family; her father, a photographer, was also an amateur violinist and her mother was a music professor in a Russian conservatory (she now teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York).
		In Russia, Spektor had studied classical piano from the age of six, and was also exposed to the music of rock and roll bands such as the The Beatles, Queen, and The Moody Blues by her father, who obtained such recordings in eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in Russia.
		Spektor also explores the various timbres of her voice, including a breathy, angelic high register and a Billie Holiday-like lower register that she often allows to break into a trumpet-like tone quality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regina_Spektor (975 words)

	Spektor Family
		Rachel Spektor nee Brik was born in Haiduchishki, Poland in 1880 to Yosef and Malka.
		Eliahu Spektor was born in Korenets, Poland in 1924 to Natan and Rivka nee Frankfort.
		Kopel Spektor was born in Kurenitz, Poland in 1919 to Natan and Rivka nee Frankfort.
	www.eilatgordinlevitan.com /kurenets/k_pages/spektor.html (6175 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - SPEKTOR, ISAAC ELHANAN: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Spektor received his "semikah," or ordination, from Benjamin Diskin and from R. Isaac Ḥaber of Tiktin (later of Suwalki).
		In 1846 Spektor was chosen rabbi of Nishvez, government of Minsk; but the community of Baresa was unwilling to let him go, and he was obliged to leave the town at night.
		In 1889 Spektor was elected an honorary member of the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia; and in the same year he declared himself emphatically opposed to the proposed celebration of his rabbinical jubilee.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1000&letter=S (895 words)

	Regina Spektor - dublin - music
		Born in Moscow, Regina Spektor was brought up in a musical family and began taking music lessons at the age of six on a piano given to her mother by her grandfather.
		At the age of nine, Spektor and her family immigrated to the Bronx and she began to merge her Russian Jewish roots with a deep interest in American culture.
		Spektor began writing songs in her teens and went on to study at Suny Purchase, an upstate New York college, renowned for its prestigious Conservatory of Music.
	www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/16/pt/0/spid/9BC79453-B67C-4B03-948902918AC77311.htm (366 words)

	CD Baby: REGINA SPEKTOR: Songs
		Regina Spektor has been writing songs that are a new type of songs for her...
		Spektor's really fun, unique, quirky, but it's rare that I'm in the mood to listen to all these songs; her minimalist piano playing and raw bjork-like voice can get kind of grating after awhile; you just want to switch to Celine Dion or Cher or something.
		Regina Spektor was supposed to play with the Strokes in MA but she lost her voice.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/spektor2 (10607 words)

	Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (or Isaac Elchonon Spector) (1817-1896) was an important Rabbi, Posek and Talmudic sage of the 19th century.
		He was born in Grodno in 1817, then part of the Russian Empire.
		Various institutions were named after him, including the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), part of Yeshiva University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yitzchak_Elchanan_Spektor (189 words)

	Regina Spektor - Us - Video Streams
		Spektor attended yeshiva on a scholarship, but always felt out of place.” After two years, she opted to leave yeshiva and attend a secular high school in Fairlawn, New Jersey (using the time-honored technique of claiming to live with a suburban aunt in order to establish a fake address).
		Fortunately for Spektor, she was kitten sitting for a friend on the Lower East Side, sparing her the daily commute to and from the Bronx.
		Spektor originally only planned to record an EP, but it was obvious to all involved that she had more than enough songs for a full album.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/reginaspektorx02x03x05 (1803 words)

	Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch (2005): Reviews
		Spektor's songs tend to take strange turns halfway through, jutting off for a chorus or bridge that barely seems connected to what's come before, then circling back to make the connection clear.
		Spektor is an engaging performer throughout the album, and despite her arty quirks, she's never pretentious.
		While Spektor possesses an intriguing voice, she uses it in such a cloying, affected manner as to be almost entirely off-putting.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/spektorregina/sovietkitsch (512 words)

	AskMen.com - Regina Spektor
		Regina Spektor's unique and unusual sound is reflective of her apparent lack of interest in becoming an immensely popular, million-copy selling diva.
		Singer/songwriter/pianist Regina Spektor is hardly famous (yet), but the buzz around her is growing thanks to her connection with New York's East Village anti-folk scene, and her 2003 North American tour opening for music critic darlings The Strokes.
		Regina Spektor was born in Moscow, Russia, on February 18, 1980.
	www.askmen.com /women/singer_300/303_regina_spektor.html (369 words)

	Center for Excellence in Eye Care - Dr. Frank Spektor
		Shortly after the Food and Drug Administration approved the excimer laser in 1997, Dr. Spektor began performing LASIK and became certified by VISX to perform laser vision correction procedures for treatment of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism Amongst Dr. Spektor's refractive patients are many of his peer physicians on staff at Baptist Hospital.
		Spektor has always enjoyed the practice of General Ophthalmology and taking care of his patients with a whole range of ophthalmic medical and surgical conditions.
		Spektor is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Florida Society of Ophthalmology, Florida Medical Association and the Dade County Medical Association.
	www.centerforeyecare.com /index.cfm/doctors/frankespektor (435 words)

	Spektor strikes success with traditional style - Arts
		Whether Spektor is waxing poetic about dreams of orca whales and owls on the ultra-poppy "Hotel Song," or reciting Russian poems over maddening piano orchestrations on the subsequent "Après Moi," she pulls off the transition with a musical facility that's easy to admire.
		Before "Après Moi," Spektor is simply priming listeners for the emergence of her idiosyncratic musical and lyrical personality.
		Spektor isn't breaking new ground, nor is she straying too far from the formulas that garnered her anti-folk stylings' critical acclaim - she's found a very happy medium, and Begin to Hope is better for it.
	www.dailytarheel.com /home/news/2006/06/15/Arts/Spektor.Strikes.Success.With.Traditional.Style-2087117.shtml (540 words)

	Regina Spektor with special guest Only Son @ Dante's :: Wed, May 10
		Now a veteran of the anti-folk scene, Spektor’s 2004 breakthrough album, Soviet Kitsch captured her at her finest; in one moment so pure you can hear the child screaming from inside her, while in the next worldly enough to be well beyond her twenty-six years of age.
		It’s on club tours that Spektor finds her stride most powerfully, though, giving her audiences all they expect, and throwing in that sharp wit, those shy smiles and that winning personality as an added bonus.
		Regina has a winsome voice that brings to mind a more tuneful Bjork, and she plays the piano with some of Tori Amos’ virtuosic intensity, demonstrates a knack for sweetly nostalgic melodies that are as sad-eyed as the smile she often flashes in photographs.
	www.hob.com /tickets/eventdetail.asp?eventid=37837 (284 words)

	REGINA SPEKTOR
		In addition, Spektor is an enormously idiosyncratic composer and lyricist, combining eclectic and evocative melodies with intricately structured character studies that owe more to Chekhov and Gogol than to most modern songwriters.
		Spektor was born in Moscow, back in the days before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
		Since she was still an unsigned artist, Spektor had to cover all of her own expenses, from cross-country airfares to nightly hotel stays.
	www.smellslikemusic.com /artist/pages/0401/regina.html (1119 words)

	NME.COM - News - Strokes guitarist works on new project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Regina Spektor has collaborated with a member of The Strokes for her upcoming new album.
		The album features Spektor introducing electric guitars and drum machines into her songs, and tracks expected to appear on the record include 'Fidelity', 'Apres Moi' and the fan favourite 'Samson', which originally appeared on her 2002 self-release 'Songs'.
		Regina Spektor is set to debut new material on her US tour next month.
	www.nme.com /news/regina-spektor/22513 (373 words)

	Regina Spektor: Begin to Hope: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Spektor is a street-smart songwriter masquerading as a book-smart one, with a self-awareness that can be endearingly goofy.
		Spektor sings a verse in Russian, then leads the song to an stirring finale featuring a small symphony led by a rickety drum set.
		Still, Spektor is bold enough almost to sell the song, and on the whole her performance throughout Begin to Hope exhibits new levels of control and direction, reaching a point where the song and the singing are inseparable.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/36597/Regina_Spektor_Begin_to_Hope (631 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / Regina Spektor charms with quirky appeal
		Their differences, however, are more striking, namely Spektor's unabashed zeal for charming an audience with songs so ambitious and quirky, they seem destined to crash.
		On Friday, Spektor took the Paradise Lounge stage rather abruptly and explained that a punk band was to start playing any minute at the adjoining Paradise Rock Club.
		Spektor began with ''Carbon Monoxide," a song that self-consciously talks about being cool and then hits its zenith with Spektor nearly whispering, ''Come on, daddy." It was the perfect example of her persona: alternately kittenish and goofy girl next door.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2005/04/05/regina_spektor_charms_with_quirky_appeal (423 words)

	Regina Spektor
		Spektor completed her studies at Purchase in three years, overloading on classes in order to save money.
		Since she was still an unsigned artist, Spektor had to cover all of her own expenses, from cross-country air fares to nightly hotel stays.
		In fact, Spektor figures her current career as an anti-folk songstress is not dissimilar from her original plan of becoming a classical pianist.
	www.lfsm.net /anglais/8a/reginaa.htm (1668 words)

	Regina Spektor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		During Regina Spektor's acoustic one-woman show Thursday at the Roxy, it was easy to pick up reactions from the sold-out crowd.
		Alone onstage with a piano, Spektor often supplied her own backup, as when she tapped out a heartbeat rhythm on the microphone during the opening a cappella number or whispered a backing vocal between lines.
		Spektor played this show with a poise that belies her iconoclasm.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000893773 (427 words)

	Static Multimedia - Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Regina Spektor's weapon of choice is the piano, and she's classically trained to boot.
		For the most part it's just Spektor on vocals and piano, but she changes things up a bit by including drum beats, strings, and electric guitars for dramatic weight.
		Drawing a vocal style in the form of a more restrained Bjork, but with spastic raps a la Nellie McKay, Spektor's voice is pleasant to listen to even though you may have no idea what her train of thought is, or her contradictory lyrics mean.
	www.staticmultimedia.com /content/music/reviews/cd/review_1108522286 (431 words)

	Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Regina Spektor is, without a doubt, the most talented representative of New York's antifolk scene, although calling her that is like calling the current outbreak of bird flu Asia's least deadly epidemic.
		Her songs are clever and touching in any context, and her technical prowess is considerable: A girl from a good Russian-Jewish family (her father comes to her shows), she's put her inevitable piano lessons to good use.
		Spektor does, however, constantly employ a trick I consider dirty: She reaches her audience's ears and heartstrings through feigned naivete.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/s/spektor_regina/soviet-kitsch.shtml (515 words)

	BigHassle.Com: Regina Spektor
		Though in love with playing shows to her rapidly growing audience, Spektor had written hundreds of songs since “Soviet Kitsch” and was eager to get back into the studio.
		On “Begin To Hope” Spektor took the lyrical vignettes and sparse instrumentation she crafted for “Soviet Kitsch” and pushed herself more in every direction—both lyrically and musically.
		Always willing to damn convention for the sake of creativity, Spektor is one of those rare talents who manage to outrun the trends and force the rest of the world to keep up.
	www.bighassle.com /publicity/a_regina_spektor.html#bio (629 words)

	The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Regina Spektor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Regina Spektor is a fine, wholly individual, slightly comic (certainly wry) songwriter and an expressive singer, and that shows on this collection if you give it more than a superficial listen.
		Regina Spektor is such a powerful, expressive singer and songwriter that I find her music just irresistable.
		Luckily Regina Spektor's true major-label debut (Soviet Kitsch was originally self-released) shows respect for what makes her music so special.
	ectoguide.org /artists/spektor.regina (1736 words)

	Amazon.com: Soviet Kitsch: Music: Regina Spektor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Spektor is an excellent pianist, and not a shabby vocalist, either.
		Spektor is often compared to Tori Amos and Fiona Apple, for her use of piano and some violins.
		And Spektor's singing is even better, since she uses her voice the same way she does her music.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007NBAMW?v=glance (1635 words)

	WeeklyDig : > REGINA SPEKTOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tucked into a collage of glossy Russian dolls, Regina Spektor squints out at you from her album cover with a subdued insanity.
		Born In Moscow, Spektor started developing her classical chops at age 6, inspired by her mom.
		A chance meeting between her dad and a violinist on the MTA led to the violinist's wife taking Regina on as a student.
	www.weeklydig.com /index.cfm/issueID/4fe77b82-b2df-411f-8498-15dcdd41bca4/fuseaction/Article.view/issueID/4fe77b82-b2df-411f-8498-15dcdd41bca4/articleID/b4f12020-0c4a-46f9-b0b8-03f7527e89c5/nodeID/5666324c-2898-4bdc-a362-4afcac799fcd (899 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| \| Regina Spektor, Mary Ann Meets the Grave Diggers and Other Short Stories
		Born in Russia, transposed to the Bronx, the Strokes' sanctioned high priestess of the anti-folk scene has created her own disjointed world where fantastic dreams are seen in the sharp focus of reality.
		Hewn from Spektor's three previous albums, this is a greatest hits collection for those already in awe of her eccentric charm, and a comprehensive introduction for the uninitiated.
		Spektor's style is a daunting mix of naivety and arty knowingness.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /filmandmusic/story/0,16373,1678438,00.html (449 words)

	The College Hill Independent
		IF YOU'VE NEVER heard Regina Spektor's music, your life is probably a little sadder than it would otherwise be.
		Spektor, a classically-trained piano player, writes lyrics as wild as Joanna Newsom's and has a voice as strange and seductive as Björk's.
		Born in Moscow and raised in the Bronx, Spektor attended the Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase; after graduation, she began playing shows in and around New York City.
	www.brown.edu /Students/INDY/archives/2005-03-10/articles/arts-dejesus_spektor.htm (1166 words)

	Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch - PopMatters Music Review
		This would seem to be a good time for Regina Spektor to be around.
		She could sell her hip sensitive wares to the hyper-cool Strokes audience (whom she opened for), steal the critics' accolades away from Nellie McKay, and then become the purchase for young-ish professionals looking for somewhat edgy dinner music to play as the discussion turns to the latest Wes Anderson film.
		Regina Spektor plays the piano and somehow, that always seems to involve a bit of the melodrama, at least in popular music.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/spektorregina-soviet.shtml (766 words)

	Regina Spektor : Soviet Kitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Regina Spektor is truly living the modern version of the ‘American Dream.’ Born in Russia she immigrated to the United States at age nine with her family.
		Fast forward several years, Spektor who was playing small clubs in downtown New York, found herself being hand picked out of virtual anonymity by The Stroke’s Julian Casablancas to open for his band on their 2003 North American tour.
		I doubt Spektor, who is at the heart of the current anti-folk movement along with the likes of Joanna Newsome, Devendra Banhart and Kimya Dawson, could have ever imagined that all this would happen to her as a kid in Moscow
	www.glidemagazine.com /2/reviews684.html (406 words)

	The Bulletin Online - Music Column 006/17/05 Regina Spektor
		Quirky character sketches like “Ghost of Corporate Future” and “Ode to Divorce,” and flights of fancy like the charming piano-and-string driven “Us” are quintessentially Spektor; though her songs may not be diary entries set to music, she instills them with lots of personality and intimate details.
		Nowhere is Spektor’s unique writing style more apparent than on “Chemo Limo,” a strangely uplifting song about a woman living with (not dying from) cancer that ends up being one of the album’s standout moments.
		Still, Spektor is an engaging performer throughout the album, and despite her arty quirks, she’s never pretentious.
	www.thebulletin.com /archives/2005/june/music0617.htm (532 words)

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