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Spotify becomes available in Ukraine from July 15

Spotify's Ukraine launch, along with its entry into 12 additional markets, brings the total number of Spotify markets to 92.

12:30, 15.07.2020

Kyiv's major music fest postponed until July 2021 over coronavirus lockdown

Organizers say the move is due to circumstances "beyond our control".

12:20, 30.04.2020

Concert pianist of Ukrainian descent Shpachenko's album wins Grammy award (Photo, video)

The album was nominated for two 2020 Grammy Awards.

11:15, 27.01.2020

Ukraine announces acts for Eurovision 2020 national selection

Starting from 8 February, the participants will compete in "Vidbir 2020".

13:00, 20.01.2020

Rammstein musicians kiss on stage during Moscow gig to protest Russia's anti-LGBTQ policies (Photo)

Earlier this month, a Russian website, titled Saw, that encouraged people to hunt down LGBTQ people, was taken offline.

13:35, 01.08.2019

Ukrainian musicians rocking it with Rammstein bandura cover (Video)

The potpourri includes excerpts of Du Hast, Mein Herz Brennt, Sonne, as well as one of the latest hits Deutschland.

14:30, 03.05.2019

Prodigy legend Keith Flint dies aged 49 – media

His bandmates confirmed the singer had taken his life.

16:20, 04.03.2019

Debates about representing country common for Eurovision – NYT

Contestants have also had to become ambassadors in a more direct sense because of the publicity responsibilities associated with Eurovision's growing scale as an international event.

17:35, 02.03.2019

Ukraine braces for national selection final to choose Eurovision 2019 entry (Photo, video)

Six contestants will fight for the hearts of TV voters and a professional jury.

10:20, 22.02.2019

Ukraine chooses second three finalists of national selection for Eurovision 2019 (Video)

The three entries that made it to the finals were chosen in a combined vote by a jury and TV audience.

22:52, 16.02.2019

Ukraine chooses first three finalists of national selection for Eurovision 2019 (video)

The three entries that made it to the finals were chosen in a combined vote by a jury and TV audience.

23:00, 09.02.2019

World's top trending Ukrainian song Plakala by KAZKA: Scientists make unexpected revelation

The song has rocketed to Shazam's global TOP 10, setting the highest-ever bar for Ukrainian artists and bands.

16:20, 23.11.2018

Zhytomyr region bans movies, books, songs in Russian language

The local council has also called on other agencies of local self-government to support such a move.

10:58, 26.10.2018

Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona opera singer, dies at 85

Her career spanned 50 years.

12:19, 06.10.2018

Pink Floyd co-founder: Russia "has all rights" to Sevastopol, U.S. behind Maidan

Waters expressed sympathy for Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview to one of the propaganda resources a year ago.

14:01, 27.08.2018

Ukrainian star band to stage "singing protest" show at de-facto border with Crimea

Boombox frontman Andriy Khlyvniuk earlier spoke in support of a Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, illegally imprisoned in Russia on trumped-up terrorism charges.

19:50, 18.07.2018

Ukraine's only college for kobza players may close due to lack of interest (Video)

There are 21 students at the college now.

16:50, 16.07.2018

First Ukrainian Music Festival in Sweden "Rethinking Europe: Ukraine" takes place in Stockholm

On October 23-24, 2017, the first Ukrainian Music Festival in Sweden "Rethinking Europe: Ukraine" was held in Stockholm under the auspices of the Ukrainian Institute in Sweden and support of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Sweden, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

17:50, 26.10.2017

USAFE Band travels to Ukraine

At the invitation of the U.S. Embassy Kyiv, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe band's concert band will travel to several locations in Ukraine October 23 to November 3, 2017, according to USAFE.

12:55, 23.10.2017