TOP-10 mainstream musicians
A Ukrainian electro-folk band that combines astonishing authentic Ukrainian vocals, modern electronic dance beats, African drums, and a powerful guitar drive into a bright, fierce, and unforgettable sound.
Source: Go_A's website
KAZKA is the Ukrainian pop music band. Their music combines the Ukrainian folk music roots with the modern beats and grooves.
Source: KAZKA's Instagram page
Khrystyna Soloviy is a singer-songwriter from Ukraine who belongs to the Revolution of Dignity (2014)-inspired new Ukrainian music generation. Soloviy presents her songs in the indie pop, baroque pop, and dream pop genres.
Creator: Danylo Pavlov
DakhaBrakha is a world-famous music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, the Ukrainian “ethnic chaos” band creates a world of unexpected new music. Having experimented with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added the rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, thus creating a bright, unique, and unforgettable image of DakhaBrakha..
Creator: Olga Zakrevska
Onuka is a joint project by Nata Zhyzhchenko and the famous Ukrainian sound producer and musician Yevhen Filatov (also known as The Maneken). Onuka’s music is an organic mix of electronica, current pop music, and Ukrainian ethnic music. On stage, their group expands to seven musicians and many varied tools: antique wooden flutes (sopilka), a Ukrainian lute (bandura), trombones, drums, and keyboards. Everything is then filtered through cutting-edge technology.
Creator: Yuri Gryaznov
Odyn v Kanoe is a Ukrainian indie band founded in Lviv in 2010. The number of participants changed several times. The modern composition of the group consists of vocalist Iryna Shvaidak, guitarist Ustym Pokhmurskyi, and session drummer Ihor Dzikovskyi.
Creators: Yuri Gryaznov / Kirai gigs
Kalush is a trio from the new Ukrainian hip-hop wave, formed in 2019. The band is named after the hometown of its leader. The machine-gun reading of the lead MC, aggressive punches from 'Carpet Man,' and the ethnic colour of live folk instruments—this original ensemble simply couldn't go unnoticed for long! Kalush raps in a special slang that is understandable only to residents of Kalush city.
Source: EBU. Photo by Corinne Cumming
This Ukrainian band plays in the genres of hip-hop and funky grooves. Andrii Khlyvniuk, Andriy Samoil (Mukha), and Valentyn Matiiuk (Dj Valik) created it in Kyiv in 2004. The band is a member of the association of independent musicians “Vdoh”.
Creator: Stas Hurenko
The band was formed in 2011 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The HARDKISS is a symbiosis of rock, pop, and electronic music that the musicians themselves call progressive pop. All the band's songs are written by its members, Yuliia Sanina and Valerii Bebko.
Source: The Hardkiss's Facebook page
Dakh Daughters, who call themselves a ‘freak-cabaret’, are seven actresses who have taken up musical instruments to create life-affirming performances about love, freedom, and beauty—things, they say, that at the end of the day will save the world. Their lyrics are based on classical Ukrainian poetry, the greats of world literature, and their works. The band’s work is about the desire to find new forms of popular music, to create a new space and context for living in today’s world, and how one may find a new, creative energy in life.
Source: Dakh Daughter's Facebook page
Tanok na Maidani Kongo is a cult band, the founders and main drivers of Ukrainian hip-hop, which has been occupying a prominent place on the scene for over twenty years. Thousands of concerts, hundreds of festivals, more than thirty music videos, dozens of films, and records—it's all about them.
