Zhanna Bodnaruk. Razom z druzjamy. (Together with Friends) // www.UMKA.com.ua

This time, as well as in 2000, Zhanna Bodnaruk cheered her fans with release of three discs at once. At that – only new, fresh material, here second release is not the issue. One of them, the album "Together with Friends" – is figuratively speaking, an album of duets. Figuratively – because both duets, and trios, and a quartet, and even joint performance with the chamber choir named after D. Bortnyansky sound here (in the end, the father of Zhanna, Lyubomyr Bodnaruk, is the founder and the main director of this collective). Among the participants – V. Pavlik, A. Pidluzhny, A. Karpenko, the Yaremchuk brothers, P. Priymak, and not only. The music is as varied, as the cast list. And not only because Zhanna Bodnaruk is in fact inclined to musical searches, as a result of which in her songs a lot of elements inherent to other styles appears frequently. But this time – absolutely diversified songs are included into the disc. And, at that, not only Ukrainian – here you have both France, and Italy, and the USA, the songs that long ago became real world pearls. I think that their interpretation will also give you pleasure. And personally for me it was pleasant to hear after a long pause again singing by Andriy Pidluzhny – I am glad that it has not lost its beauty. Consequently, we have a pleasant, soft mosaic – I think that its lyric mood and varicolored sounding will become beautiful decoration of your day.

Russya. Vizerunky. The Best Songs. /digi-pack/. (Patterns)

"Patterns of stories, patterns of emotions, patterns of times and path... As well as everything is intertwined in life – so everything is intertwined in this album. I hope that you will like this little trip back into the past!" Yours, Russya

Domestic price: 306.60UAH, International price: $21.90USD

Natalka Samsonova. Vsi moji pisni. (All of My Songs)

Honestly speaking, it is even strange how she succeeded in combining so quietly, without tension these different things – but she did succeed in that, no doubt. Moreover, all that together generates some new sensations – ambiguous but interesting. In any case, it seems that this disc is really able to make fans of Ukrainian variety art happy – because, evidently, nobody has yet introduced it in this form.

Domestic price: 158.20UAH, International price: $11.30USD

Iryna Shynkaruk. Tse moja i tvoja Ukrajina. (This is my and your Ukraine)

She appears on TV and radio not so often as, for example, Povaliy or Bilozir. And it’s a pity, because at her early twenties Iryna Shynkaruk is inferior to none of her more experienced colleagues. She can represent Ukrainian variety revealing its bright sides better than many singers.

Domestic price: 208.60UAH, International price: $14.90USD

Lyudmyla Yermakova. Pisnja zhyttja moho. (Song of My Life)

Lyudmyla Yermakova, obviously, has nothing to complain about – she has not only achieved success and recognition, but she keeps writing and singing. A lot of her songs have appeared, so to say, in the treasury of Ukrainian variety art. You will hear the songs that are the reflection of all the mentioned talents: here, she is both the composer and the poetess, and in a few cases – the performer as well.

Domestic price: 180.60UAH, International price: $12.90USD