Zymovi melodiji (koljadky, schedrivky ta novorichni pisni). (Winter Melodies - Christmas carols and New Year songs)

It’s a well-known fact that in winter we have many holidays to celebrate. Not only solstice, from which the day starts to grow and the night starts to shorten. Not only Christmas, New Year, Epiphany and my sister’s birthday. In addition to all that, we have a good chance to celebrate not something, but Winter itself as one of numerous demonstrations of the wonders of Life (by the way, not so many people have seen a real snow with their own eyes). So, it is no wonder that this disc contains the songs devoted to almost all winter holidays. Though, to tell the truth, the main accent is made on Christmas and New Year, but it is not so much surprising – at that, not so many people living on our planet know my sister, while two mentioned holidays are practically the most popular holidays in the world. So, bear in mind – this disc is not meant for accompaniment of some feast. It is meant for creation of festive and solemn mood somewhere deep in our souls. You see, the main winter holidays are the holidays that crown some period of time and start new life. And let novelty really be novelty.

Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)