Bee’s prompt for today is "A Love Song For Ukraine and all other countries troubled by violence." I decided that a national anthem, or hymn, expresses love of country.
I discovered the lovely Sofia Shkidchenko less than a year ago. She is a teenaged Ukrainian singer who learned the decidedly non-Ukrainian art of yodeling. I used one of her yodel songs here and featured her on an edition of Five For Friday that same day. At the time, hostilities between Russia and Ukraine had just started, and she and her family escaped to Poland. She spent some time in the US, attending Berklee College of Music, last summer, and is now back in Ukraine, singing, going to school, and keeping her head low. She leads into the song with some information about the anthem. I support her on Patreon…
The Sound of One Hand Typing 
Wow, what a talent. I think Ukraine is a very musical country and singing traditional music is more part of the culture. I love that 🥰
LikeLike
Very much like the Polish…
LikeLike
Indeed and I think Scandinavian countries do it too 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
She’s good!
LikeLike
She’s excellent… intelligent, mature, talented, quite attractive, the girl you’d like your son to bring home.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow! She has a fabulous voice!
LikeLiked by 1 person
She’s a very impressive young woman (17), not just for her musical ability, but for her maturity and patriotism.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yes, she is very impressive.
LikeLiked by 1 person
What a superb voice…so controlled but with great power. Not easy to do this without any instrument to back her up. She went back!? Wow, what a brave woman and one to be respected.
LikeLike
She just turned 17. Hard to believe…
LikeLike
Hi John – she expresses her views incredibly well … then what a rich voice. Thanks for sharing with us – cheers Hilary
LikeLike
She’s a tremendous talent who’s also quite mature and intelligent, not to mention a fierce patriot.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful John I chose this Anthem too a different version plus a couple of others . A beautiful video John great choice 💜
LikeLike
Thanks!
LikeLike