UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL & POPULAR MUSIC EXAMPLES

Contemporary Music Incorporating Ukrainian Folk Idioms

“Stephania” is an original song that uses mixes traditional with contemporary sounds, including hip hop. Winner of Eurovision 2022.


Kozak System


Contemporary Covers of Traditional Ukrainian Folk Music

“Grandma Went Into the Woods”



“Tsvite Teren”


Plyve Kacha


Popular Music Incorporating Ukrainian Traditional Music Instruments and Features

Adele “Hello” Cover on Ukrainian Traditional Instruments


B&B Music Project covers many genres and varieties of music, from Classical to Ukrainian Folk Song, to American Pop on the bandura and accordion in a unique way. A very creative sound!

B&B Project YouTube Channel


Covers using the words of the Taras Shevchenko poem “My Thoughts”

Contemporary pop original music using this text


Jazz cover of the Ukrainian folk song with bandura accompaniment (Ukrainian traditional instrument)


Performance from “The Voice” (Ukraine)

https://youtu.be/AiYMtkMiZ8s

General Popular Music Groups

Океан Ельзи YouTube Channel

Dakha Brakha YouTube Channel


Traditional Ukrainian Music and Historically Informed Early Music on Period Instruments

1nn234 is a channel that hosts a variety of songs, from Cossack (Kozak) songs, to popular styles, to Early Ukrainian Music on period instruments.
1nn234


Taras Kompanichenko performs historically informed Early Ukrainian Music, as well as other Ukrainian traditional music


Volyn’skyi Traditional Folk Choir


The Polyphony Project has collected over 2,000 folk songs from 100 Ukrainian villages in the past few years. This channel is a record of their research
Polyphony Unknown Ukraine YouTube Channel


“Tsvite Teren” performed by “Gerdan” (Chernivtsi)