Julian Kytasty – Songs Of Truth: Music And Song From The Kobzar Tradition Of Ukraine (Smithsonian Folkways, 2025) Smithsonian Folkways released Songs Of Truth: Music…
Julian Kytasty’s Kobzar Album “Songs Of Truth”
Tag: Ukrainian music
DakhaBrakha Returns with Their Unstoppable “Ethno-Chaos”
(headline image: DakhaBrakha – Photo by Vitaliy Vorobyov) DakhaBrakha is set to perform at Pioneer Works on Sunday, March 1, 2026. Formed at Kyiv’s DAKH…
Ukrainian Music as Spiritual Resistance in the UK
(Headline image: a photo of a Ukrainian bandura. Trembita brand.) Ukrainian music is more than mere art, it is the living voice of a nation,…
A Conversation with Polish Trio Wernyhora, Keepers of the Boykos Musical Legacy
(Headline image: Wernyhora – Photo by Adam Jaremko) I discovered the Polish trio Wernyhora after their participation in the first Upbeat Talent Award, when I…
Kitka Celebrates Winter Solstice with Separation to Reunion
Gifted American vocal ensemble Kitka has re-shared a music video created three years ago, during the height of the pandemic lockdown. Separation to Reunion is…
Artist Profiles: Dakh Daughters
Dakh Daughters is an Ukrainian music and theater ensemble formed 2012. Seven actresses use musical instruments to create a life-affirming performance about love, freedom and…
Accordion Festival at Bryant Park: Celebrating the cultures of Afghanistan, Ukraine and the US/Mexico Border
Following a two-year-long hiatus, Bryant Park Picnic Performances in New York will present its famous Accordion Festival on September 16, 2022, with bands spotlighting masterful…
Artist Profiles: DakhaBrakha
DakhaBrakha (meaning “give and take”) is a quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine, that was formed in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art by the…
Free Broadcast by Ukrainian Band DakhaBrahka from SFJAZZ & Fund Created
As an manifestation of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, SFJAZZ in San Francisco will air a free DakhaBrakha concert filmed at the SFJAZZ Center…
Artist Profiles: Bozhychi
Ukrainian folk ensemble Bozhychi was formed on January 7, 1999 The name of the group Bozhychi comes from the name of the pre-Christian God, which…