Here's something interesting you might want to take a look at next week. On Wednesday, January 16th at 8pm, DoVira will be performing at the beautiful Musideum (Spadina and Richmond) in Toronto for an intimate evening of Ukrainian folk/jazz fusion music.
DoVira [do-VEE-ruh] is a new musical project based out of Toronto, Canada, that blends the roots of Ukrainian musical heritage with Western styles such as jazz, rock, experimental, and electronic music.
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, composer and multi-instrumentalist Stacey Yerofeyeva was immersed in Ukrainian folk music since an early age. Her late father, Kost' Yerofeyev, was the lead singer of the group Ruthenia, whose music was highly influential during the independence movement in the late 80's in Kyiv.
After immigrating to Toronto, Stacey took up jazz piano studies, completing her Bachelor of Music degree at Humber College. It was here that she met a handful of talented young musicians, who shared the vision of joining the worlds of Ukrainian and contemporary music: bassist and co-leader Mark Rynkun, nylon-string guitarist Bart Milczarczyk, and electric guitarist Patrick O'Reilly.
DoVira released their first single 'Nese Halya Vodu' on July 10th, 2012, and have since been invited to be one of the featured performers at the Toronto Ukrainian Festival last September. The group is currently working on their debut studio album, set to be released in summer of 2013. This multi-media album will be accompanied by video footage from the recording sessions.
For more info, please visit www.musideum.com or www.doviramusic.com
Also a beautiful version of Halya Nese Vody is available on Youtube:
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