Ukraine – Page 16 – Natalia A.

And under the boughs unbowed, All clothed in a snowy shroud, etc.

Monday Music: I love Kryhitka’s new album

Since I got to go to their new year show last night, and got a copy (thanks to Sasha for insisting we all go). If you’re into Ukrainian music, you ought to know Kryhitka Tsahes. Following the death of Mikhailo Gichan, I guess they lay dormant for a while, until coming back as Kryhitka. HereContinue reading “Monday Music: I love Kryhitka’s new album”

Monday music felt like Christmas time

2000 Miles – The Pretenders Sidekick – Lisa Mitchell Life in a Northern Town – Dream Academy Jackson – Hem I Gaer – Sigur Rós S utra shël sneg – Akvarium My Girls – Animal Collective Lonesome Swan – Glasvegas My Sister – Leatherbag Twice – Little Dragon The Orthodox Church around here doesn’t celebrateContinue reading “Monday music felt like Christmas time”

Snow

“…for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:45 Snow started falling in the beginning of the week. It fell tentatively, testing the ground, like men test a boundary at that point when they’re still wondering if it’sContinue reading “Snow”

Monday music: blacklist

When you still have hundreds of kilometers to go, and you’re propping up your eyelids with your free hand, snowflakes that come at the windshield through the dark begin to look like falling stars after a while. Here are the songs I can’t listen to right now, but do anyway: Don’t Look Back in AngerContinue reading “Monday music: blacklist”