The American who smuggled Russian rock music out of the USSR

Get the Full StoryIn the 1980s, Joanna Stingray brought us music that we weren t supposed to hear underground rock from behind the Iron Curtain. Along the way, she befriended Russia s greatest rock legends, fell in love, made some music videos, and got banned from attending her own wedding. NBC Left Field take a deep dive into Joanna s video diaries from Russia, as she pulled back the Iron Curtain with a little help from an album called Red Wave.

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