Dush bring their new musical perspectives as strangers in the land they now call home. Singer Mira Solo arrived from Israel in 1992, and started writing music as an antidote to a cultural transplant’s melancholy. Positive reactions from those around her led to soft-rock sets at various little stages around Montreal, where in 2003 she caught the ear of Denis Hagalaz, the keyboardist of Dush and a Canadian since 1996, Hagalaz’s childhood classical training in his Russian homeland, and a teenage fascination with blues, were followed by busking on street corners and a stretch with a Russian ex-pat bar band. It was with the latter that Hagalaz encountered guitarist Vlad Tomshine, a veteran of the Russian thrash metal scene of the mid-’90s. Mira Solomon - vocals Vlad Tomshine - guitars Denis Hagalaz - keyboards User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.