Our Youtube Choice of the Video of the Week for the Second Week of Dec.2016 - is Yana Gray's Gypsy/Russian Ballad Uploaded on Dec.04-2016 - Based of Serge Yesenin Poem.

       For the second week of Dec. 2016 - we picked a Russian/Gypsy ballad uploaded by Yana Gray - an American/Russian vocalist specializing in old Russian/Gypsy ballads - on Dec. 04-2016. Yana Gray's low, sensuous alto lends itself well towards Russian/Gypsy ballads. Some ladies performers of this popular musical genre have a mezzo soprano voice which also sound good. The operatic soprano - is not the best voice for this kind of genre - even though a lot of prominent performers - specializing in it - have that range.
      The poetry of Serge Yesenin - a celebrated young Russian poet from 1920's has a lot of nature's and animals' - motives in it. He - himself was an enormously handsome youth who successfully romanced and married a famous American modern dancer - celebrity of the day - Isadora Duncan. 

      Her visit to Soviet Union made her fall deeply in love not only with a great looking Serge Yesenin - fifteen years her junior - a "newbie" to the - at times - treacherous - celebrity world - but she also fell deeply under a spell of newly born Socialistic/Leftist - "paradise" - the Soviet Union - ran ruthlessly by a long time lasting in power - Soviet dictator - Josheph Stalin.
     Upon her marriage to Yesenin and the return to the U.S. - the American public opinion "poured venom" on Isadora for her sympathetic views towards the excesses of global Socialism/Communism - while the American press quickly "sharpened their collective claws" to attack a pair of odd, new members of the celebrity circles - their all-time favorite targets.
     The marriage broke up before long while Isadora suffered a tragedy in terms of her two young children from her previous marriage - drowning in an accident. Yesenin - in the meantime - went back to Russia and wrote a lot of scathing reviews of the U.S. - which were probably forced by Stalin's regime; however - taking into the account his rough treatment by the American press - perhaps - it was not hard for him to do. 

     Unfortunately - Yesenin committed suicide at a young age. With the Stalin regime iron fisted reign for a long time - not every suicide by a famous person - was exactly that. Isadora - Duncan - though - lived to the old age and successfully taught young girls - the art which she mastered - the modern dance.
     Have a great second week of December 2016 - everybody and as always - we meet here - a week from today - as every week!
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