DakhaBrakha: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

This show marks DakhaBrakha's return to globalFEST and Tiny Desk. The Ukranian band's first globalFEST performance was in 2014, and their 2015 Tiny Desk concert remains a favorite. We've had them in our spaces, so it's a real treat to see them in theirs, the Dakh Theater in Kiev. Coming together, their performance maintains the energy and joy that define their music, bouncing off each other musically and emotionally. DakhaBrakha aims to keep Ukraine's musical and storytelling tradition alive by making it more accessible to a younger, international audience, a kind of self-proclaimed "ethno-chaos." They craft stunning sonic worlds for traditional songs, reinventing their heritage with a keen ear for contemporary resonances.

SET LIST

"Komora"
"Vynnaya ya"

MUSICIANS

Iryna Kovalenko: vocals, keys, percussion
Marko Halanevych: vocals, accordion
Nina Garenetska: vocals, cello
Olena Tsybulska: vocals, drums

CREDITS

Director: Vladyslav Troitskyi
Art Manager: Iryna Gorba
Mixing Engineer: Maksym Taran
Audio: Andrii Nidzelskyi
Photography: Stefanyak Juryj
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST
TINY DESK TEAM

Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

GLOBALFEST TEAM

Co-Directors: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, and Bill Bragin
2021 Curators: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin, and Viviana Benitez
Event Producer: Ian Thake
Host: Angélique Kidjo
Social Media Manager: Valerie French
Publicity: Brendan Gilmartin, Chart Room Media
Legal Services: Tamizdat
Legal Services: Duane Morris
Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film
Video Production: MODEMA Studios

[DakhaBrakha]

Thank you all for kind words about our music. This inspires a lot!

[DakhaBrakha]

Thank you all for so great reaction to our music. It's unbelievable.

[DakhaBrakha]

The translation of one of the song. Hope it helps to understand a bit of meaning, but we glad that you feel it.
Vynnaya ya /Sweet-and-Sour
Oh in the garden, in the vineyard, stood sweet-and-sour apple tree.
Refrain: Sweet-and-sour apple-tree
Bore red apples.
Her mother comes, sweet-and-sour.
Refrain
My daughter Mariyka, toss me an apple, sweet-and-sour.
Refrain
Her beau comes, sweet-and-sour.
Refrain
Dear Mariyka, toss me an apple, sweet-and-sour.
Refrain
I will toss it to you, I have been keeping it for you.
Refrain
It was recorded in Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kolomyia region, village of Zakrivtsi by Nina Garenetska

[andreamccluskey]

Prayers to all the people in Ukraine. May you be safe. The world is watching.

[jonathanbyrdmusic]

Just when you think it’s all been done, this door opens to another dimension.

[Dooctorful]

I love how Nina is still smiling every second they are playing!!!!

[sky]

The 70 year-old guy in San Francisco.
These guys are "crazy-good". First heard them on Tiny Desk and the saw them, live, at Freight & Salvage in Berkley. They are consistently joyful. Its hard not to smile while watching and listening to them. Thank you Dakha Brakha in these otherwise trying times.
Love to all!

[paulamathias]

I went to the US on a business trip and saw that they were playing live that week in the city I was staying in. Two work friends who didn't know the band tagged along and said it was one of the best gigs they'd ever seen!

[nadinewilliams]

Listening now as I continue to pray for Ukraine!

[Chrillofthehill]

This kind of wacky but awsome music is why NPR/Tiny desk is one of the best channels of youtube.

[associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

didn't understand a single word, but who cares ? these guys rock!

[davidpeterson]

I have loved you're music for years! And, I thought you were Russian. With the Russian war against Ukraine I am boycotting anything Russian. When I found out you from Ukraine I was elated, ecstatic! From Chicago, I love Ukraine! Be careful, be safe, and be victorious! Bless each of you!❤❤❤

[williamcoram]

And God Bless Your Beautiful land and people.

[monicahernandez]

My heart is with all Ukranians now...we love you and your culture...may peace come to you all soon ...sending love!

[davidg.]

I am praying for the people of Ukraine. 🙏

[thisis...apocalipstick]

I think of you often. The way you touch the lives of many.. I imagine the building you are in has been reduced to rubble. Please be safe and healthy. This is prounding. Watching you sing and merrily make music with a bustling city outside.. just one year later.. the tragedy of war reaches all of us. We pray together.

[dsmith]

this group is incredible. I wanted to dnce and cry at the same time!

[WWarped]

That moment they started playing I was hypnotised. Glorious doesn't quite do their music justice.

[abracadaverous]

I love the hand trumpet. Actually, I love everything about this.

[hexalvarez]

Hella groovy, shout out from California