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Olenky" - a female ethno-band, which plays not only Ukrainian authentic music but also Balkan (Serbian and Macedonian).
Marichka (concertina) and Vika (bouzouki) are not a limited duet, but are always happy to engage other musicians. They are ready not only to play original versions of songs from all over Eastern Europe but also to transform them, make editions, and mix them. "Olenky & Volodi" - that's the way the girls call themselves when cooperating with other musicians from Ukraine and Europe. Nowadays, there are a lot of folk bands, the perception of which is slightly distorted in the way they present Ukrainian folk music. That's mostly the most brutal examples of traditional music, where musicians act like fools. "Olenky" sings folk songs still played in distant villages, which are far from those brutal songs you can ever hear at Ukrainian feasts. Ukrainian and Balkan authentic music is full of incredible fantastic stories, very poetic, ambiguous, and ironic. This is not a love ode to "Olenky", but an understanding and feeling of the music they play. You can see it in the way they play instruments, in their voices. Listen and look into their eyes. Listen and try to understand. Enjoy centenary frankness. Enjoy and open your palm for the warm waves of old-new music. Listen to this music with your stomach and lungs. Enjoy.
Marichka (concertina) and Vika (bouzouki) are not a limited duet, but are always happy to engage other musicians. They are ready not only to play original versions of songs from all over Eastern Europe but also to transform them, make editions, and mix them. "Olenky & Volodi" - that's the way the girls call themselves when cooperating with other musicians from Ukraine and Europe. Nowadays, there are a lot of folk bands, the perception of which is slightly distorted in the way they present Ukrainian folk music. That's mostly the most brutal examples of traditional music, where musicians act like fools. "Olenky" sings folk songs still played in distant villages, which are far from those brutal songs you can ever hear at Ukrainian feasts. Ukrainian and Balkan authentic music is full of incredible fantastic stories, very poetic, ambiguous, and ironic. This is not a love ode to "Olenky", but an understanding and feeling of the music they play. You can see it in the way they play instruments, in their voices. Listen and look into their eyes. Listen and try to understand. Enjoy centenary frankness. Enjoy and open your palm for the warm waves of old-new music. Listen to this music with your stomach and lungs. Enjoy.
