How gender roles are changing in Ukrainian songs (UnZip, Episode #26)

A selection of songs for the twenty-sixth episode of the UnZip podcast on “How Gender Roles in Ukrainian Songs Are Changing.”

Listen to the podcast recording here

The playlist contains the following songs:

1. Mykola Hnatiuk “Oh, you girl, from a nut of grain”. Authors: Anatolii Kos-Anatolskyi, Ivan Franko, 1964.
2. Mykola Kondratiuk “There is a fog in the valley”. Authors: Borys Buyevsky, Vasyl Didenko, 1965
3. Rusia “Don't stand under the window”. Authors: Konstantin Osaulenko, Anatoly Matviychuk.
4. The Sokoly band, soloist Maria Shalaikevych - “We all want love”. Music by Maria Shalaikevych, lyrics by Vadym Kryshchenko
5. VIA Smerichka - “Say, say”. Authors: Valerii Hromtsev, Vasyl Babukh, 1976.
6. HZV “Stroke V Trust”, recording of 2025
7. The State Honored Transcarpathian Folk Choir “Girl Farewell”. An old Transcarpathian recruitment folk song, 1961
8. “The Lamentations of Jeremiah” “She”. Composed by Kost Moskalets, recorded in 1994-95.

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.