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 ...

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 ...

An annual celebration of Ukrainian arts and culture is returning to the Philadelphia suburbs this summer. The 2024 Ukrainian Folk Festival is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 25 at the Tryzub Ukrainian ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This piece is “Oy, Bozhe miy mylyy,” a folk tune from the Trembachiv village of the Luhansk Oblast, or province, of Ukraine. It was one of many ...

With primal percussion, hypnotic harmonies and immersive ethno-drama performances, Ukrainian folk group YAGÓDY brings its mesmerizing sound to North America for the first time this spring. YAGÓDY’s ...

OK, let’s just get it out there — sure, the Ukrainian folk quartet DakhaBrakha has a rather unusual name. But when you take into consideration the group’s name comes from the Ukrainian verbs for “give ...

Yagody, a modern folk band from Lviv — a city on the western edge of Ukraine — is excited to play its first North American tour. The band, consisting of four traditional Ukrainian musicians who ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." There are the sounds of war in ...

With their country under attack by Russia, the musicians in Ukrainian folk band Kommuna Lux have a two-fold mission. First, they put on shows blending Balkan swing with klezmer music and traditional ...

For Maryna Krut, a master of the 56-string bandura, music isn’t just a calling or a career. Whether she’s performing for international audiences or for soldiers on the front line in eastern Ukraine, ...