TOP UKRAINIAN MUSICIAN

I know you people might be wondering why I decided write an article concerning Ukrainian music, the answer is because I stumble upon a Ukrainian artiste and I was blown away by her sound. After hearing her music I decided to do a little digging about Ukrainian musician.

I discovered that they do have a lot of great musician and most especially wonderful bands from Ukraine and do you know why, because the Ukrainian language is one of the most melodic languages in the world. So without further ado or like they say it in Ukraine не витрачаючи час here are my own top Ukrainian musicians.

1.     Alloise

Alloise born as Alla Moskovka used to sing with the group Gorchitza for several years before she started her own solo career. She infuses classical blues and a mix of modern Eastern European dancing styles into her songs. Alloise prefers her lyrics to be in English which is loved by many intellectuals. She had once shared the stage with the likes of Faithless and Nelly Furtado just to mention a few. She has also won the 2012 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Ukrainian Act and was nominated for MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act in the same here. Her song love me or leave me is one song I like crazy.

2.     Max Barskih

His first major performance was at the Ukrainian talent show “Star Factory 2” and since then the 25 years old Max Barskih has released more than 15 singles and 3 albums. In 2010 he was nominated the best performer on the Ukrainian version of MTV Europe Music Awards. Throughout his career Barskih has worked closely with the most popular Ukrainian director Alan Badoev who has directed most of his videos. With songs like F**k Off, lost in Love atoms Max has done pretty well in becoming an household name in the Ukrainian music industry  

3.     Quest Pistols

The Quest Pistols are a pop-rock band formed in 2007, originally consisting of Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goruk and Konstantin Borovsky . These three guys started out as dancers from the show “Quest Ballet” were they performed a cover song and that was how it started for them. In 2008 the band won the MTV Europe Music Awards as best band of the year and that same year, the band created "Мама" for the soundtrack of Vladivostok FM; the fictitious radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV.  In 2012 konstantin left the band and was replaced by Daniel Joy. Some of their album includes Dlja tebja in 2009 and Superklass in 2013.

4.     Lama

Lama they are a pop-rock band with their leader been Natalia Dzenkiv. They become popular with their first single “Meni tak treba” (I need so) and “moje sertse”. Just two years after their formation the band the 2007 best Ukrainian act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Some of their top songs include Trymay, Zhovte pol, Ja ne ta and Znayesh, jak bolyt.