Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...
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Q&A: Ukrainian folk band Yagódy

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Yagódy are a Ukrainian folk-pop band driven by the haunting four-part vocal harmonies of Zoryana Dybovksa, Vasylyna Voloshyn, hand percussionist Tetiana Voitiv, and accordionist Nadiia Parashchuk.
Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian culture ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The seeds of the Ukrainian band Yа́gody were planted long before their official formation bore fruit. The group’s origins stretch back to 2010, when actor Mykola Huseynov proposed ...
Shortly after the first manned space flight took off in 1961 with Yuri Gagarin orbiting Earth aboard the Vostok 1, astronauts started getting a bit more creative during their space flights by ...
When one’s homeland is under siege, it’s not just an attack on the flesh and blood of the people — it’s an attack on a cultural legacy. That’s evident in many places around the globe at the moment, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. alyona alyona & Jerry Heil of Ukraine perform the song "Teresa & Maria" during the dress rehearsal for the final at the Eurovision ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever. Ukraine’s entrants in the pan-continental music ...
KYIV, Ukraine — At first sight, it looked like a typical party in a nightclub. It was mid-March in central Kyiv and a hundred or so people were wiggling on the dance floor of V’YAVA, one of the ...