Vasyl' Ljutyj (bojan Zhyvosyl). Wake Up, Our Great Lord!

When looking at the cover, I did not expect that at all – and thus I am pleasantly impressed with what I hear here. I hope you will like it as well. As there is in this singing the honesty that you cannot exchange for any other thing. But, probably, I should explain a bit what kind of recording it is. The musical support, at the first sight, seems very simple – Vasyl Ljuty (boyan Zhyvosyl) on the first half of the album just accompanies himself with his bandura. And it seems to sound usual – but it only seems. As actually this bandura reveals a very wide stylistic palette, you even encounter real rock here. However, it sounds rather latent – but it is very interesting. Then – the texts. Here are both folk songs, and author ones, but all of them have the same theme – the belief in life as the way of life. In other words, the basis here is pagan, but it is interpreted through modern universality. However, paganism is also characterized by universality. Anyway, in these texts, there are rich roots braided as one plait, and I would not risk asserting that it is exclusively Slavic. In my opinion, it is great. Well and, actually, the singing. I will say only one thing about it – I do not doubt that Vasyl Ljuty sings with his heart. Well, and, obviously, he has a sincere heart – as he sings well, purely. From the beginning to the end – it is fair.

Anton Jozhik Lejba (Hedgehog)