The Racoons

(born in 1997)

The Racoons are a band from Nizhny Novgorod, a large Russian city on the Volga River, 400 kilometres east of Moscow. They play Celtic folk-rock (arrangements of Breton and Irish music).
Mikhail Mike Soutkin: guitar, vocals, tin whistle, melodica
Alexander "Surgeon" Okhlopkov: lead guitar, tenor banjo
Alexei "Polly" Sheyanov: bass guitar
Marina Patyayeva: flute
Arthur Parfenov: drums.