Like mother, like daughter: How a folk singer tries to capture the pop stage

If you keep your eyes closed and hear these two women sing, you’d think they are twins. Ageless, pure and incredibly harmonious, Nina and Tonya Matviyenko’s voices touch the audience with melodious folk songs that everyone remembers from childhood.
Oct 12, 2011 at 10:13 | Alyona Zhuk

From L.A. to Luhansk in a minor key When American singer and songwriter David Brown started receiving emails from Artemy Troitsky in 2000, he thought he was communicating with a Russian college student.
Oct 5, 2011 at 16:49 | James Marson
Gadiukiny Brothers: The band that shaped Ukrainian rock Twenty years after the Gadiukiny Brothers pioneered Ukrainian rock music, their songs still draw huge crowds and the highest praise from the country’s top rock acts.
Jun 30, 2011 at 23:31 | Oksana Faryna
Bolshoi’s top dancer is global superstar Nikolai Tsiskaridze is a ballet – and box office – phenomenon.
Jun 23, 2011 at 23:57 | Iryna Sandul
Ukrainian woman makes history as only second female rabbi in Germany Had Alina Treiger been a man, her story would hardly cause a stir.
Mar 31, 2011 at 23:18 | Nataliya Horban
Podervyansky’s vulgar plays mock post-Soviet mentality Every modern take on famous Shakespeare plays comes with repercussions.
Mar 24, 2011 at 23:31 | Svitlana Tuchynska
Rocking with Druha Rika These rockers from Zhytomyr Oblast had originally intended to take an English name for their band.
Mar 17, 2011 at 22:55 | Mark Rachkevych
Parliamentarian Hryhorovych: ‘21st century is age of women’ As International Women’s Day celebrates its 100th anniversary on March 8, it’s a timely reminder of how much greater opportunities women have today than when the day was first marked.
Mar 3, 2011 at 23:41 | Alyona Zhuk
Snapping Ukraine’s many faces For photographer Igor Gaidai, it turned out to be easier to get a thousand soldiers to pose than a hundred girls from a model agency.
Mar 3, 2011 at 23:31 | Nataliya Horban
Meet TIK: ‘Wedding punk with touch of ... erotica’ The band TIK may well be considered a showbiz phenomenon in Ukraine. With an overweight lead singer and mocking lyrics, they seem like an over-the-hill college act.
Feb 17, 2011 at 23:29 | Oksana Faryna
Fans fill Los Angeles Live for Justin Bieber film premiere LOS ANGELES — Downtown Los Angeles has become Bieberville.
Feb 9, 2011 at 06:20 | Associated Press