Ukrainian Pop/Rock Songs, Vol. 1

In recent weeks and months, the Ukraine has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. So I decided to find something positive to post about this troubled country. This being a music-themed blog, of course, that can only mean one thing. Yep, you got it! Here's a collection of pop/rock songs by Ukrainian artists. There's some pretty good stuff here, too. So much so that I had to break the post up into two parts. Vol. 2 will follow shortly. Enjoy!  ~  JH


BLOGGER'S NOTE:  Most of the songs here are sung in either Ukrainian or Russian. So if you don't understand what they're saying, it's understandable. For your convenience, I have Google-translated the song titles into English so you can sort of get an idea what they're talking about. But you really don't have to understand the language to appreciate the diversity of musical styles represented here.

1)  Sofia Rotaru  ~  "One Viburnum"

2)  Komu Vnyz  ~  "Somewhere, Somehow, Someday"

3)  Ruslana  ~  "Sha-la-la"

4)  Okean Elzy  ~  "The Way I Want"

5)  Svetlana Loboda  ~  "Under The Ice"

6)  Verka Serduchka  ~  "All Will Be Well"

7)  VIA Gra  ~  "Peremyrye"

8)  Green Grey  ~  "Beneath It In The Rain"

9)  neAngely  ~  "Roman"

10)  Vopli Vidoplyasova  ~  "Shedrik"  (You'll probably recognize the melody of this song – it's "Carol Of The Bells." That popular Christmas song's lyrics were written to the tune of this Ukrainian folk song.)

11)  Natalka Karpa  ~  "Summer Is Over"

12)  Potap & Kamenskikh  ~  "Crazy Spring"

13)  Natalia Mogilevskaya  ~  "Sent A Message"

14)  Plach Yeremiyi  ~  "She"

15)  Ani Lorak  ~  "Orange Dreams"