Ukraine’s
fight for the right to Rock
During
Soviet times Ukraine was a leader in the fight of free-minded people and
dissidents. Oppression was such that
the smallest step toward an opposite viewpoint was punished very severely,
seemingly even more severely than in Moscow.
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 O.Yevtushenko "Lehendy
Khymernoho Krayu"
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Rock’n’roll
during the Cold War was considered an ideological diversion. Only during
Khrushchev’s rule, when the situation became a bit looser, did rock bands begin
to appear in Ukraine, at about the end of 60’s. It was a result of the
evolution of “driving beats” and “Rhythm and Blues” artists such as: Berezen,
Druge Dykhannya, and “The Once”.
The later
part of the 60s’ marked the rapid growth of pro-western youth movements.
Students were creating different musical groups, practicing in their dorms,
trying to imitate Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and others.
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By the summer of 2002,
the former USSR had it’s first real western style rock radio program. From Kyiv, Ukraine’s “Power FM”, American DJ
Kenny Mac, along with Ukrainian co-producer Olena Savenko, began hosting their
bi-weekly one-hour rock program entitled “The English Hour”, which later became
known as “Rock Planet”
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Read
more about the radio show "Rock Planet" here
Read
more about the creators of the radio show "Rock
Planet" here
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Clubs
and pubs in Kiev, Ukraine, where you
can listen to live Ukrainian bands:
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Art
Club 44, Khreschatik Street, 44
Docker
Pub, Bohatyrs'ka 9, Metro Heroiv Dnipra,
www.docker.com.ua
Kvartira
Baboon, Khoriva 1/2, Podil district, www.baboon.kiev.ua
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