Inside Kyiv’s ethno-raves: where Ukrainian folk music meets electronic beats | Songlines
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Inside Kyiv’s ethno-raves: where Ukrainian folk music meets electronic beats

By Zakhar Davydenko

Zakhar Davydenko heads to a folk-driven rave where young Ukrainians are dancing in their ancestors’ footsteps

Ph Yevhen Kotenko

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