ASSOCIATED PRESS
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One might think that the name Black Russian naturally arose from a Russian band being signed to a black record label, and there is also a drink called a Black Russian, composed of vodka mingled with coffee liqueur; but it wasn’t really like that. In an Associated Press interview that was printed in the London newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Natasha Kapustin said: “It means we are black Russians, not red Russians. And we were black sheep.” Serge Kapustin added: “And there is our influence from black rhythm ’n’ blues and soul music. ‘Black Russian’ became our nickname in underground circles in Moscow.”
(April 2015/1)
