“Kobza": the most popular vocal group of the 70s (UnZip, Episode #14)

A selection of songs for the fourteenth episode of the UnZip podcast on “Kobza: The Most Popular Vocalist of the 70s”.

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The playlist contains the following songs by VIA Kobza:

1. “Wait.” Composed by Oleksandr Avagian, Viacheslav Kryshtofovych, Valeriy Viter. Recorded in the second half of the 70s.
2. Valentina Kuprina and the Kobza Vocal Group, “Holubivna”. Written by Bohdan Yanivskyi and Bohdan Stelmakh. Recorded in 1971.
3. “Kobza”. By Oleksandr Zuyev and Oleksandr Navrotskyi. Recorded in 1972.
4. “It's already the third evening”. Folk music and lyrics, arranged by Petro Kovalenko. Recorded in 1987.
5. “Oh, from behind the stone mountain”. Music and folk lyrics. Recorded in 1982.
6. “My Revolution”. Composed by Volodymyr Bystriakov and Anatolii Drahomyretskyi. Recorded in 1977.
7. “My Land“ (”The Land, My Native Land"). Author Mykola Mozgovyi. Recorded in 1980.
8. “For the rest of my life”. By Kostyantyn Kurko and Anatolii Matviichuk. Recorded in 1989.
9. “Duma”. Authors Platon Maiboroda and Oleksandr Nikolenko. Recorded in 1977.
10. “You and I are one family”. By Platon Maiboroda and Mykhailo Tkach. Recorded in 1978.

UNZIP is a podcast immersion in the archives of Ukrainian music. You will hear how the host Albert Tsukrenko and the guests of the UnZip podcast are looking for answers to the questions of our musical identity. And most importantly, they will surprise you with songs found in the archives of Ukrainian Radio.