Michelle Gurevich’s Music as an Interface between the East and the West
The analysis of Gurevich’s music is an attempt to upgrade, or expand, the theme of correlation between the East and the West. The relationship, or the juxtaposition, between Western and Eastern societies in this paper is redefined more precisely through the valuation and the popularity of Western musicians from the indie music scene in former Eastern and Central European socialist countries. Michelle Gurevich’s music is part of the indie music scene, and is also described as slowcore rock and lo-fi pop. Her Russian, or Slavic, origin is an important aspect of her music that began in Canada. There it was that the feeling of not belonging to the culture, emerging in her senses and subconscious, actually occurred as a result of her Russian origin and of living in a western state. This feeling of non-belonging was the main idea behind analyzing Gurevich’s music as an interface between the East and the West.