DakhaBrakha

DakhaBrakha
DakhaBrakha in Lviv in 2009
DakhaBrakha in Lviv in 2009
Background information
OriginKyiv, Ukraine
GenresContemporary folk
Years active2004 (2004)–present
Members
  • Marko Halanevych
  • Olena Tsybulska
  • Iryna Kovalenko
  • Nina Harenetska
Websitedakhabrakha.com.ua

DakhaBrakha are a Ukrainian folk music quartet which combines the musical styles of several ethnic groups.[1][2] They were a winner of the Sergey Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Award in 2009 and the Shevchenko National Prize in 2020.[3]

DakhaBrakha are a project of the Dakh Contemporary Arts Center, led by Vladyslav Troitskyi and born as a live theatre music crew. Troitskyi continues to be the band's producer. Members of DakhaBrakha participate in the centre's other projects, notably in the all-female cabaret project Dakh Daughters, as well as in the annual Gogolfest festival.

DakhaBrakha 2022 Poland

Origin and name

DakhaBrakha performing at the Haldern Pop festival in 2013

DakhaBrakha were originally a daughter project of the Ukrainian avant-garde theatre Dakh and its artistic director Vladislav Troitsky.[4] The group's name derives from the Ukrainian verbs Давати, 'Give' and Брати, 'Take', while also playing on the Art Centre's name "Dakh" (literally "roof" in Ukrainian).

Festivals

DakhaBrakha performed in June 2014 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival held in Manchester, Tennessee. DakhaBrakha were invited to participate through the globalFEST showcase. They were proclaimed by Rolling Stone as "Best Breakout" of the festival.[5]

They played at the Glastonbury Festival on the West Holts.[6] They performed in July 2017 and July 2018 at the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance held in Trumansburg, New York. In 2017, they performed at the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.[7] DakhaBrakha performed at the 2017 Sziget Festival in Hungary.[8] In 2018, the group performed with Latvian group Tautumeitas at Latvia's World Music Festival Porta 2018.[9] In 2019, they performed at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in Manhattan.[10]

They performed during the first weekend of the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.[11]

DakhaBrakha played at the Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette, Louisiana on 30 April 2022, and in July 2022 at the Newport Folk Festival.

Film appearances

In 2023, when the Ukrainian animation Mavka: The Forest Song (based on the play The Forest Song by Lesya Ukrainka) was released, the audience saw an animated version of the band members as characters of the animation.[12] Soundtracks of the Mavka animated film were also performed by DakhaBrakha due to the ethnic motives required by the film's plot.[13] "The team recreated the ethno dance and other ceremonial elements with the help of experts from the Ivan Honchar Museum National Centre for Folk Culture. The music for this episode is an authentic vesnianka performed by the DakhaBrakha band: the musicians not only created the song for Mavka, but also appear in the cartoon as Lukash's friends, village musicians".[14][15]

In 2024, their music was featured as the soundtrack for Ukrainian/American documentary antiwar film Porcelain War, with the artists giving permission for the filmmakers to use their entire discography including unreleased music. The credits scene also includes a recorded live performance of their song "Vesna".

Other performances

Influence on other artists

A portion of the song "Vesna" (Весна) from the band's 2009 album Na mezhi (На межі) appears in the first three minutes of Aki Onda's 2023 album Transmissions From The Radio Midnight[26] as part of a Hungarian broadcast captured by Onda.

Members

All of the members except Marko Halanevych are graduates of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Nina Garenetska also takes part in the Dakh Daughters project.

  • Nina Harenetska
    Nina Harenetska
  • Olena Tsybulska
    Olena Tsybulska
  • Marko Halanevych
    Marko Halanevych
  • Iryna Kovalenko
    Iryna Kovalenko

Discography

  • Na dobranich (На добраніч, 'Goodnight') (2005)
  • Yahudky (Ягудки) (2007) [English: Berries]
  • Na mezhi (На межі) (2009)[27] [English: On the Verge]
  • Light (2010)
  • Khmeleva project (Хмелева project) (2012)
  • The Road (Шлях) (2016)
  • Alambari (2020)
  • Ptakh (English: The Bird) (2025)

Soundtracks

  • 2024 – Full soundtrack for Porcelain War (United States/Ukraine)
  • 2018 – Trailer song for House 99, David Beckham's grooming brand (United Kingdom)[28]
  • 2017 – Bitter Harvest (Canada)[29]
  • 2017 – Mavka: The Forest Song (Ukraine)[30]
  • 2017 – Fargo (United States)[31]

Awards and nominations

Berlin Music Video Awards

The Berlin Music Video Awards is an international festival that promotes the art of music videos.

Year Nominated work Award Result Ref.
2026 "9 nedilechok" Best Performer Pending [32]

References

  1. ^ Tsioulcas, Anastasia (16 January 2014). "DakhaBrakha: globalFEST 2014". npr.org. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ^ Pareles, Jon (17 June 2014). "Put Language Aside, Then Let the Music Take Time to Speak". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ^ Суспільне UA: Прохасько, ДахаБраха, опера «Йов». Стали відомі лауреати Шевченківської премії-2020
  4. ^ ""Сны потерянных дорог" – на фестивале "NET"" ["Dreams of the Lost Road" – The "NET" Festival] (in Russian). tvkultura.ru. 23 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Best Breakout: Dakhabrakha Photo – 45 Best Things We Saw at Bonnaroo 2014". Rolling Stone. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Glastonbury 2016 – DakhaBrakha". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  7. ^ South X Lullaby: DakhaBrakha, retrieved 15 September 2023
  8. ^ Dakhabrakha | Live @ Sziget Festival 2017, retrieved 15 September 2023
  9. ^ DakhaBrakha & Tautumeitas | Porta18, retrieved 15 September 2023
  10. ^ DakhaBrakha 2019 performance details, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
  11. ^ "2022 New Orleans Jazz & HeritageFestival Music Schedule". Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  12. ^ "About the project". MAVKA the forest song | animated feature film MAVKA. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  13. ^ "DakhaBrakha band recorded first tracks for Mavka. The Forest Song OST". MAVKA the forest song | animated feature film MAVKA. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Автентичний образ Мавки та саундтрек-веснянка від "ДахаБраха": нове музичне відео від "Мавка. Лісова пісня"". usfa.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  15. ^ "CREATORS OF "MAVKA. THE FOREST SONG" ANIMATED FEATURE PRESENT A NEW SPECIAL MUSIC VIDEO FROM ONE OF THE ICONIC FILM'S SCENES OF A RITUAL SPRING DANCE". MAVKA the forest song | animated feature film MAVKA. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  16. ^ DakhaBrakha | NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW, retrieved 15 September 2023
  17. ^ DakhaBrakha live at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, retrieved 15 September 2023
  18. ^ DakhaBrakha: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, retrieved 15 September 2023
  19. ^ DakhaBrakha - Full Performance (Live on KEXP), retrieved 15 September 2023
  20. ^ Boilen, Bob (16 January 2021). "DakhaBrakha: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert". NPR Music: tiny desk concerts. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  21. ^ DakhaBrakha: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, retrieved 15 September 2023
  22. ^ "DakhaBrakha - Elbphilharmonie Mediatheque". www.elbphilharmonie.de. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  23. ^ Elbphilharmonie LIVE | DakhaBrakha, retrieved 15 September 2023
  24. ^ DakhaBrakha - Victoria, BC, Canada
  25. ^ "DakhaBrakha". Pattichio Theatre. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
  26. ^ Onda, Aki (2023). "Transmissions From The Radio Midnight". Bandcamp. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  27. ^ На межі review Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, chaskor.ru (in Russian)
  28. ^ "David Beckham's House 99 ad features song by Ukraine's DakhaBrakha (video)". www.unian.info. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  29. ^ Bitter Harvest (2017) - Soundtracks - IMDb, retrieved 13 September 2023
  30. ^ "DakhaBrakha Records Soundtrack to Mavka". MAVKA the forest song | animated feature film MAVKA. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  31. ^ "Song by Ukraine's Dakha Brakha becomes part of Fargo OST". www.unian.info. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  32. ^ "Berlin Music Video Awards". Berlin Music Video Awards. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
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