Thank God, there still exist people on the earth who in contrast to most of us not only listen to songs. These are the people who sing. These are the people who make recordings. Recordings of the songs, which were old when our old people had not been born yet. Recordings of melodies, which appeal not to your ear, but to your nature, as no body of an average city dweller remembers them, but you start listening to them – and seem to remember. Moreover, I am sure that you remember them regardless of the fact whether you are Ukrainian, or whether any your Grandfathers was Ukrainian, since these songs come not so much from the nation as from something else. They come from the earth itself, and not only from our earth. They come from the earth as it is. And our planet, as you know, is round. So, real and deep roots are intertwined somewhere inside of it and are somehow congeneric. That’s why any person may draw near something real in any part of the world. One should only listen and look deeper. The same way as with this disc. At it the songs from Beresteishchina are collected. Now it is the territory of Belarus, but the songs and melodies are ours. Our own. From these parts. Real.
Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)
"Ukrainian Ethnic Music" series came out of many ethnographical expeditions to different region of Ukraine. Compact discs have stylish design. In the colourful booklets you will find information about the places where recordings were made, stories about performers, lyrics of the songs etc. Information is given in Ukrainian and English.
