Ukrajins‘ka herojichna pisnja. (Ukrainian Heroic Song) // www.UMKA.com.ua

For those who did not know: Oleh Skrypka organized another interesting event in Kyiv – the festival "Moloda Gvadrdiya" devoted to the Ukrainian heroic song. And one of realizations of this project, apart from holding the festival, is release of a collection of, actually, those very heroic songs. It appeared that there was quite a lot of Ukrainian songs on this topic. It appeared that this was very much interesting to a lot of people. It appeared that this theme was able to inspire and induce to individual creativity. Possibly, this is one of reasons why the collection has comprised not only old songs, but also those composed by our contemporaries – the musicians who took part in the project. However, the majority is still made up by pieces known for a long time. The songs were reconsidered in the musical sense – therefore, they have appeared in an absolutely renewed, modern form. I do not know if it is good or bad, but they did not have to change the texts – they sound absolutely clear for the young generation... In any case, "Ukrainian Heroic Song" is one of the most interesting collections of the recent months. Both for the idea, and for the realization. Really, not just talented musicians have gathered here, but absolutely different ones, not resembling each other. And some of them have even sounded here in a new, unexpected way – it is not at once that one recognizes them, and this is also nice. Thus, the only thing left to us is to admit once again that Oleg Skrypka has once more hit the goal with his project – bravo!

Rutenia. Khto zhyvyj. (2CD). /digi-pack/. (Who’s Alive)

...a country the history of which is still re-written every few years will encounter problems with memory. If you do not remember – it does not hurt. If one does not remind you – it won’t hurt. And – will not change. But the pain – will not disappear, it will just hide. At least, if we talk about internal lack of freedom...

Domestic price: 89.64UAH, International price: $19.92USD

Ukrajins‘ka herojichna pisnja. (deluxe edition). /digi-pack/. (Ukrainian Heroic Song)

The collection release differs from the ordinary one in the following: 1. 24-page song booklet with texts of all the songs that sound in the collection; 2. the electronic version of the Ukrainian heroic chronicle "Our Victories" (in Ukrainian); 3. a digi-pack instead of a plastic box.

Domestic price: 103.14UAH, International price: $22.92USD

Ukrajins‘ki strilets‘ki ta povstans‘ki pisni. Golden Collection. (Ukrainian Shooter and Insurgent Troops' Songs)

Our regular visitors long ago already got convinced that appearance of new discs of the "Golden Collection" series is always a reason for good moods, didn't they? And we are happy to admit that the tradition is kept on – compilers of the series, as well as before, discover new original themes for the collections – this is important, you should agree.

Domestic price: 49.14UAH, International price: $10.92USD