Olha Bohomolets. Osinnij den'... (An Autumn Day...)

For the post-Soviet space, bards are a special phenomenon, a separate culture. Even today, when these songs are no longer icons for the whole country, all the same they remain something important, irreplaceable. Probably, the essence here is the intimacy, truthfulness – it is difficult to wear a mask when between you and the audience there is only the voice of one guitar. No, certainly, it is possible to keep the mask – but it will already be not quite a bard song, as naturalness has always been one of key conditions. Actually, it is due to truthfulness that a real bard differs from court poets – in all times. And now as well. As these songs speak about the eternal – though they operate, mostly, symbols of everyday life. And if they are sung with a soft, a bit as if tired female voice? You should agree that a woman who sings with guitar accompaniment – there is in it something defenseless, open, and thus pure, fair. Cautious participation of a flute or a saxophone – only emphasizes the openness. That is why these songs win – one wants to listen to them again. Not always even for the sake of words – rather for the sake of that sensation of openness. However, Lina Kostenko, and Iryna Zhylenko, and Olga Bogomolets herself are able to write beautiful words – that's a proven fact. So, here you find something both for your heart, and for your mind – accept it.