It’s impossible to listen to DakhaBrakha right now outside a political context; they’re a Ukrainian folk band based in Kyiv. After Russia launched its full-scale war on their country in February, the ...

To call what DakhaBrakha does "folk music" completely misses a world of inspiration and sound, both here on Earth and perhaps elsewhere. The mostly-acoustic, utterly unique Ukrainian band mixes ...

EDMONTON, Canada — They call it “ethno chaos.” This Ukrainian band takes sounds and voices from all over the world and blends them with Ukrainian folklore in a genre that is hard to define.

DakhaBrakha, Ukrainian for “give/take,” is an acoustic folk-punk quartet from Kiev that is influenced by traditional music and instrumentation from India, Africa, Australia, and Russia, creating a ...