Name: Red Ruta Flower (Червона Рута)- Electro-Nova by Free Ukraine
Duration: 6 min 35 s
Description: This eclectic release in 1975 meshed Ukrainian folk with electronica. Electro-Nova creators Marko Sydorak and Myroslav Mahmet transformed this pop hit by Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949-1979) into a literal synth/guitar jam

3. X - Mas (Acoustic Version)

Marko Farion sings this humorous song about his broken clay pipe and how he was able to sweet talk a girl to buy him a new one at the market - and the hijinks that ensue.  This was recorded live at Town Hall in NYC in 1984, under the auspices of the Society of Ukrainian Bandurists.

Люлька ж моя черепулька - My Clay Pipe (Live)

02.Ой Журавко Зап. Р. Цапун (2002)с. Нобель (Зарічне - Рівне). Соло Наталії Корчевської.

NATALIYA SERBINA. "JILA VDOBA" - lirycal song © Nataliya Serbina

Legendary bandurist Zinovij Shtokalko (1920-1968)was first recorded by Myron Surmach of Surma Records in NYC in 1952. Dr Shtokalko was regarded as the greatest bandurist of the 20th century.  Here he sings the duma (epic ballad) about Marusia Bohuslavka.

Duma about Marusia Bohuslavka (1952) - Zinovij Shtokalko

This eclectic release in 1975 meshed Ukrainian folk with electronica. Electro-Nova creators Marko Sydorak and Myroslav Mahmet transformed this pop hit by Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949-1979) into a literal synth/guitar jam

Red Ruta Flower (Червона Рута)- Electro-Nova

During the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus' 1983 East Coast Tour - its final tour with the legendary composer and director Hryhory Kytasty - they performed in NYC at Carnegie Hall on May 20, 1983.  Here soloists Roman Kassaraba and George Oryshkewych set the tone for freedom in this UBC classic penned by the legendary Hryhory Kytasty, posthumously named Hero of Ukraine.

Tiutiunnyk UBC 1983 Carnegie Hall

During the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus' 1975 East Coast Tour with the legendary composer and director Hryhory Kytasty - they performed in Toronto at Queen Elizabeth Theater on May 25, 1975.  Here Yarema Cisaruk sings solo for Ward's America the Beautiful - arranged for choir and banduras by Hryhory Kytasty.

America The Beautiful UBC Toronto 1975

These two songs were recorded in 1935 by the State Bandurist Chorus of the Ukrainian SSR under the direction of M Mykhailiv, concertmaster H. Kytasty.  This 78 has two songs on this side (numbered 614): "A Myj Mylyj Umer" and the dance tune "Horlytsya" with solo on tsymbaly (hammer dulcimer) Andrejchyk.

State Bandurist Chorus 1935 A "A Myj Mylij Umer" B "Horlytsia"

These two songs were recorded in 1935 by the State Bandurist Chorus of the Ukrainian SSR under the direction of M Mykhailiv, concertmaster H. Kytasty. This 78 has two songs on this side (numbered 620): "Oj, Dzhyhune, Dzhyhune" and "Kucheriava Kateryna".

State Bandurist Chorus 1935 A "Oj Dzhyhune" B "Kucheriava Kateryna"

The award winning Detroit Concert Choir, fresh off their amazing win in 1996 in Llangollen, Wales as "Choir of the World", recorded a Christmas CD called "Silent Night" in 1997.  This selection is the well-known 'Carol of the Bells" recorded in its original form:  "Shchedrik" written by Mykola Leontovich, a Ukrainian composer who was beaten to death by Soviet thugs as a result of his Ukrainian folk and religious compositions and choral arrangements.
Ukrainian diction coach:  Marko Farion

Shchedrik (Song of Good Cheer) - Ukrainian (aka Carol of the Bells)

From 1980-1984 Marko Farion wrote, engineered, produced and was the host for a community affairs program on Cleveland college radio WRUW 91.1 FM at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) called Free Ukraine.  It was sponsored by the Ukrainian Student Organization at CWRU and was an informative program teaching a non-Ukrainian public about the history, traditions, music and the struggle for freedom of the Ukrainian nation that at that time was still under the Soviet Socialist regime.  Here are some archival sounds from the show and some rare (currently unreleased on CD) songs that were popular in the early 80's.  

Red Ruta Flower (Червона Рута)- Electro-Nova

Free Ukraine

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