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About Me

Soviet Union: On a grey and cold winter day, a young woman named Galina was sitting in line with her one year old daughter to see a doctor. The line was long, people were bored and nobody spoke. Suddenly a melody came from somewhere: it was simple, good, catchy, and one that everyone knew by heart. It was a popular childrens song often played on the radio. People were pleasantly surprised when they realized that the perfectly sung melody was coming from the little girl sitting on a young womans lap. Galina, never having heard her daughter talk or sing before, was happily struck by the idea: She must be a musician! On that day the long journey of Persephones Bees began.
Singer/songwriter Angelina Moysov while growing up in Russia was influenced by her mother who loved Russian Folk and Gypsy music, as well as her brothers collection of British and American music and the underground Russian punk and New Wave that helped Russian youth through hard times. Angelina came to America in 1993 and soon met guitarist Tom Ayres, who was immediately drawn to her strong melodies, lyrics and unusual songwriting style. Their first self produced LP, City of Love was nominated for the best debut album at the California Music Awards in 2002. The word of mouth buzz caused by their live shows earned them a 2001 SF Weekly Award for Best Pop Band, and led them to share bills with Cake, BRMC, Jonathan Richman, and many others.
Persephones Bees have earned a reputation of not only being a strong live act, but one with a vast catalog of original songs due to Angelina Moysovs prolific songwriting. While winning over audiences with their live shows, they also caught the attention of producer Eric Valentine who had over 40 original songs to choose from in recording their latest album. Eric found the music so engaging that he ended up playing drums for the sessions.
When asked what her influences are, rather than listing favorite records, Angelina replied "some books, films, smells, colors, interaction with people and my observations of the human condition. ""Notes From The Underworld" available in stores and on line NOW!

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Member Since: 11/7/2004
Band Website: persephonesbees.com
Band Members: Angelina Moysov - vocals, keyboards
Tom Ayres - guitar, vocals
Paul Bertolino - drums, vocals..
Mike Farrell - bass, vocals

Influences: Persephone's Bees's home recordings
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FILTER MAGAZINE: Ever imagine what kind of musical tastes you'd have if you grew up Southern Russia, amongst the multi-cultural backdrop of Armernia, Greece, Turkey, Slavia and the infamous Gyspy regions of the eastern European landscape? Well, throw in some 70's punk, pop and a martini during cocktail hour and you might sound something like Persephone's Bees.Lead vocalist Angelina Moysov is the outcome of this multi-cultural upbringing. She banded together with like-minded musical misfits and produced the band's debut album Notes From The Underworld where they further meld the melting pot if the band's musical tastes. For a good introduction to the eclectic sound, check out the band's first single "Nice Day"

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My Blog

Persephone’s Beeeeeezzzzzz at Rickshaw Stop on Monday!

Hello everyone!We're headlining a really good bill this coming Monday, March 10th at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco.Check all the details on the flyer and come out!!! See you there. P's Bees....
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:35:00 PST

Persephones Bees in Moscow, Russia

Ok. Finally!! I apologize, sorry everybody. Forgive me! Dropping on my knees and asking for forgiveness. I am finally ready to write a blog about our trip to Moscow, Russia. I am such not a computer p...
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:25:00 PST

Persephone’s Beeeezzzzzz

Hello everyone, It's getting cold and, if you're an invisible man, it's gonna be harder to hide from other humans cause you have to wear lots of clothes and bam! you're visible again. Apparen...
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:04:00 PST

Persephones Bees "Little Boxes" in "Weeds" October 29

Apologies about the Weeds show, we gave you the wrong time. The episode with our version of "Little Boxes" will air the week of 10/29 just in time for Halloween! The show airs multiple times during ...
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:31:00 PST

Persephone’s Bees vinyl release and the show "Weeds"

Dear friends, haven't written in a long time, just tryin to stay away from too much technology, but here's some Persephone's Bees news:We now have vinyl of the "Notes From The Underworld" with a few e...
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:15:00 PST

Persephone's Beeezzzzzzzzzzzz

Hello everyone, The Sun is shining and the bees are buzzing, and that means summer time is here. Persephone's Bees are ready to rock, as usual, but maybe even harder this ...
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:13:00 PST

Our song Nice Day is featured in the Nancy Drew movie

Dear friends,Summer is here and love is all around.... Lots of things are happeningto Persephone's Bees and we're playing some great shows.Also, it is a 40 year anniversary of Monterey Pop Festival an...
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:51:00 PST

Gabe teaches you how to play the Persephones Bees song, " City Of Love"

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Posted by Persephone's Bees on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:14:00 PST

Faith Kelly wins the Nice Day video contest!

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Posted by Persephone's Bees on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:37:00 PST

P's Bees tour

I can't remember where we ice skated, but we ice skated, and I used to be pretty good. Russian kids didn't have much entertainment when I was growing up, especially the ones with no money in the famil...
Posted by Persephone's Bees on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:02:00 PST