As Ukraine selects its song for Basel 2025, here's all you need to know in order to follow the country's Eurovision pre-selection 'Vidbir'.

Little did the crowd know that they were seeing the debut of a melody that would be recast by an American school teacher of Ukrainian descent and become one of the most famous Christmas songs in ...

The melody is a Ukrainian song called Shchedryk, or New Year's carol, written by composer Mykola Leontovych and first performed in Kyiv at Christmas 1916. On Christmas Eve, Ukrainian Radio Choir ...

“It is believed the song is the second, unofficial Ukrainian anthem,” states author Nadia Morykvas. “‘Chervona Kalyna’ translates into English as ‘red viburnum’ and it’s a very ...

Soldiers’ songs from the time of the First World War reflect important cultural and socio-political processes that took place on the Polish-Ukrainian borderlands. The national projects developing on ...

In the 19th century, the Polish-Ukrainian poet Tomasz Padura wrote songs in admiration of the history and people of Ukraine. Today, Padura is considered one of the most talented Polish Romantics to ...