This year, a famous Ukrainian rock band, Okean Elzy, celebrated its 30-year anniversary. The group has become a symbol of resistance for all generations of independent Ukraine. For my parents, Okean ...

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." There are the sounds of war in ...

There are the sounds of war in Kyiv these days - air raid sirens, Russian missile strikes. But one resident of that city would like to bring our ears something hopeful and brave - the rich heritage of ...