Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has greeted his country’s victory at the Eurovision Song Contest with delight. The highly-favoured Kalush Orchestra won the competition on Saturday, with a record number of 439 people’s votes from across Europe clinching their success on an emotional evening in Turin, Italy. Zelensky said afterwards: “Our … Read entire story.
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British bookies are currently offering odds of 7/18 for Ukraine to triumph at this evening’s Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy, with their entry Kalush Orchestra’s distinctive blend of rap and folk music, combined with the country’s current courage in the face of Russian invasion, expected to unite voters across … Read entire story.
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For a brief period in the early 20th century, Ukrainian composers put a national twist on modernism, free from Russian or Soviet regulation. Read entire story.
Source: NYT > Arts > Music
Ukraine are already the firm favourites to take victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in a fortnight’s time with their entry Kalush Orchestra. Now another Ukrainian band are reaching out musically to Western allies, teaming up with Ed Sheeran on a song. Antytila, whose members have been fighting as … Read entire story.
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Now one of the UK’s biggest bands, the trio talk about the impact of losing two founder members, fighting pandemic gloom with a euphoric seventh album, and why the climate crisis won’t stop them touringShortly before Christmas, when Foals were discussing potential places to shoot a new video, Ukraine topped … Read entire story.
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