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Ukraine launches official account on Spotify
Ukraine has launched its official account on Spotify — Ukraine.ua. Currently, it hosts 6 playlists, 139 songs, and…
Beyond Go_A: a playlist and guide to modern Ukrainian folk music
[editorial]Ukraine’s Go-A Band which took fifth place in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest is just the peak of…
Why was Ukraine’s Eurovision performance by Go_A so mesmerizing?
The sacral solar cycle Back in prehistoric times, the lives of humans revolved around the sun. Each year,…
Ukraine’s Go_A makes it to Eurovision grand final with archaic pagan tune to awaken spring
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian participation in the contest, the band chose a song…
Ukraine’s “main musical event of the year” featuring 10 centuries of sound to be streamed online
[box-left] Among its participants, the project Kovcheh Ukraine: Music is going to feature the renowned ethno-band DakhaBrakha. [/box-left]…
Explosion of new Ukrainian music after introduction of protectionist language quotas
Why quotas were needed First and foremost, quotas for broadcasting music were introduced to protect the Ukrainian language.…
The three Ukrainian women breathing new life into ancient musical traditions
In and around the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, there has arisen in the post-Soviet era a trio…