In the past, Владимир Золотухин (Vladimir Zolotukhin, 1990) sang and played in Cardio Beat, which even participated in X Factor (2015). But he performs best alone (now under the name Zoloto since then). And the more limited the resources you give him, the better the work he returns with.

Кот Балу (Kot Balu) doesn’t come from Russia but from neighboring Kazakhstan. Lyrics in Russian, with a touch of something exotic in the music. Слова слова (2011) is great for your vocabulary, as it delivers what the title promises.