The purpose of this section of the website is to highlight what to my mind are the most extraordinary music making instances of the most extraordinary Ukrainian musical artists, representing thereby the absolute pinnacle: The best of the best.

What I aim to provide here, then, are two pages on which anyone visiting this website—especially for the first time—will be able to experience in succinct form, what I feel are the most characteristic of the wide-ranging excellencies that make up the Ukrainian music making world.



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Alla Zagaykevych and Electroacoustic's Ensemble




Alla Zagaykevych and Electroacoustic's Ensemble:
“Nord/Ouest: II”




Alla Zagaykevych and Electroacoustic's Ensemble:
“Nord/Ouest: III”


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Maisternia Pisni



Maisternia Pisni:
“The Message of Summer”




Maisternia Pisni:
“After Christmas (Part I)”


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Ulyana Horbachevska



Ulyana Horbachevska:
“Project Solospivy 1”


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Ulyana Horbachevska/Mark Tokar/
Petras Vyšniauskas/Klaus Kugel




Ulyana Horbachevska/Mark Tokar/
Petras Vyšniauskas/Klaus Kugel:
“Ultramarine”


Essay | Ulyana Horbachevska/Mark Tokar/
Petras Vyšniauskas/Klaus Kugel: Free Jazz,
Orality, and Ukrainian Traditional Music


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Ulyana Horbachevska/Mark Tokar/
Yuriy Andrukhovych




Ulyana Horbachevska/Mark Tokar/
Yuriy Andrukhovych:
“Antonych At Home: Wedding”




Ulyana Horbachevska/Mark Tokar/
Yuriy Andrukhovych:
“Antonych At Home: Idol Night”




Ulyana Horbachevska/Mark Tokar/
Yuriy Andrukhovych:
“Antonych At Home: Dzvinkova Lady”


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Maryana Sadovska




Maryana Sadovska and Christian Thomé:
[Setting of Serhiy Zhadan Poem:] “Where Are You From,
Dark Caravan?” (”Zvidky Ty, Chorna Valko?”)




Maryana Sadovska and The Kronos Quartet:
[Excerpt from] Chornobyl: The Harvest




Maryana Sadovska:
[Live in Toronto 2014]


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DakhaBrakha




DakhaBrakha:
“Na Dobranich”




DakhaBrakha:
“Oy, U Kyevi”




DakhaBrakha:
“Buvayte Zdorovi”




DakhaBrakha:
“Live @ The New Parish, Oakland Ca., 2015”


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Dakh Daughters




Dakh Daughters:
“Rozy/Donbassa”




Dakh Daughters:
Live in Alland Ethno Fashion Store




Dakh Daughters:
Live from Lviv


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Folknery




Folknery:
“Rozova-Berozova”




Folknery:
“Tadi, Shuhay, Tadi”


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Cloud Jam




Cloud Jam:
“Tumane”




Cloud Jam:
“Cosmic Horilka” (Live in Goa)


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Hycz Orkestr




Hycz Orkestr:
“Lyubit Ukrayinu”




Hycz Orkestr:
“Hependafilens”




Hycz Orkestr:
“Pisnya Pro Asberna”


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Lemon Bucket Orkestra




Lemon Bucket Orkestra:
“Odessa Bulgarish/
“Tomu Kosa Dobre Kosyt”


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Dychka




Dychka:
“Psykhbolnytsa” (“Psychiatric Hospital”)


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TopOrkestra




TopOrkestra: Live Performance
from 2010 Kraina Mriy Festival




TopOrkestra:
Live Performance in Uman 2015




TopOrkestra:
Husein Aliy Akbar


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Oleh Skrypka/TopOrkestra




Oleh Skrypka/TopOrkestra:
“Ochi Chorniye” (“Dark Eyes”): Live
Performance from 2010 Країна Мрій Festival




Oleh Skrypka/TopOrkestra:
Live Performance from 2010 Kraina Mriy Festival


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Vopli Vidoplyasova




Vopli Vidoplyasova:
“Kraina Mriy”




Vopli Vidoplyasova w/ Susanna Karpenko:
“Dibrivonka”


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HulayHorod




HulayHorod:
“Roza” (“Rose Flower”)


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TaRuta




TaRuta:
“Horhanskyi Front” from Trypilske Kolo Fest 2012




TaRuta:
“Borom-Borom”




TaRuta:
“Oy, Pidu Ya Luhom”


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Kamo Hryadeshi




Kamo Hryadeshi:
“Polyubyla”


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The Doox




The Doox:
“Soloveyko” Live @ Cadillac Art Club




The Doox:
“Pid Borom”




The Doox:
“Mak”


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Mykhailove Chudo/Nazad Slyahu Namaye




Mykhailove Chudo/Nazad Slyahu Namaye:
“Ptakh Doshu” (“Rain Bird”)


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Joryj Kłoc




Joryj Kłoc:
“Lis”




Joryj Kłoc:
“Siadaj Siadaj”




Joryj Kłoc:
“Verbovaja Doščečka”


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Okean Elzy




Okean Elzy:
“Ya Tak Khochu...”




Okean Elzy:
“Oy, Chyi Tam Kin Stoyit”


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Illaria




Illaria:
“Vidma” (“Witch”)”


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