Do not miss this extraordinary evening of beautiful, Eastern-European-tinged music from two powerhouse singers of Ukrainian origin along with their amazing bands.
Seattle's Alchymeia, in a rare Portland appearance, doles out world music served shaken, not stirred. Renowned Ukrainian vocalist Nadia Tarnawsky and award-winning Scottish fiddler Brandon Vance and their band bring you a fusion of music from Eastern Europe, the British Isles, Appalachia and Cajun Louisiana. www.alchymeia.com
Darka Dusty Stebivka is a lifelong musician and singer living in Portland, Oregon. A powerful and versatile vocalist, Darka likes to genre-hop from blues to jazz to country, as well celebrate big-voiced "primitive" village and mountain music from her Ukrainian roots. She will be joined by Miri Stebivka, Natalia K Burgess, Olenka Burgess, Bernardo Gomez and Andrew Alikhanov to bring you a variety of beautiful Ukrainian melodies and other musical surprises. www.fandalism.com/darkadusty
Nadia and Darka have never met, but have been aware of each other's musical journeys for some time. Nadia, originally from Cleveland, and Darka, originally from Detroit, both grew up within the Ukrainian immigrant communities in their respective cities, learning to love and honor Ukrainian songs and musical traditions from an early age. They are so pleased to share this very rare and magical evening with you!
