The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

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 ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The Ukrainian band Yagódy is often described as performing folk music from its native country’s enormous ...

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 ...

When Danylo Fedoryka and his brother Alexander founded the band Scythian, they set out to play all kinds of roots music, ranging from Celtic jigs and reels to Americana folk songs. But unlike most of ...

For generations, Ukrainians have sang the folk song "Galya Carries Water," which tells the story of two young lovers in a small village. The song details how farm boy Ivanko and shy village girl Galya ...

Ukrainian American storyteller Masha Martynenko Ellsworth’s new short film, “Bound,” is a fresh retelling of a well-known Ukrainian folk song, “Nese Halia Vodu” (“Galya Carries Water”). The ...