The band DahaBrakha has released a new song

Members of the band DahaBrakha

Matthew B. Thompson

For the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, a Ukrainian band DahaBraha released a new solo song – “I have a lump in my throat”. The video and photos of families hiding in shelters during air raids were used in the clip.

Previously, the group asked to send “family photos” of Ukrainians who are experiencing Russian aerial and drone bombings, informs edition of The Village Ukraine.

“The idea is to once again remind everyone of the conditions Ukrainians live in today, and that we still need the support of the civilized world“, – commented band members

The song is performed in Ukrainian, but English subtitles were used in the video, because DakhaBrakha has a wide audience abroad.

It also became known that DahaBrakha recorded 4 new songs at the beginning of 2024. Band member Marko Galanevich told, that the composition “U gorli kom” was written during rehearsals that lasted a week. He also added that this song is not part of the band’s creativity, but it was approved by the entire team.

“We would like to remind the world about the conditions under which Ukrainians have been living for the past two years. And also to again ask for the support of both ordinary people and the governments of Western countries“, the musician said.

In addition, at the end of the clip DahaBrah was urged to sign the petition of the Center for Civil Liberties Make Russia Pay. This initiative proposes to transfer to Ukraine frozen Russian funds, which are kept mainly in the countries of the “Big Seven” (G7). The money is planned to be used for support and reconstruction.

About DakhaBrah band

In 2023, the song “TUMAN” by the electronic group PROBASS ∆ HARDI was also released with the participation of the band. The basis for cooperation was the Ukrainian folk song “Fog rolls along the ravine”.

DakhaBrakha is a Ukrainian musical ethno-group that creates songs mainly in Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages. They became laureates of the Shevchenko Prize in 2020. The group was formed in the early 2000s during the activities of the “Dakh” theater. DahaBrah’s first concerts took place during the Orange Revolution in 2004.

The popularity of the ethnic group was recognized not only in Ukraine, but also abroad. They were invited to international festivals in Great Britain, Denmark, Hungary, New Zealand and Australia.

DahaBracha have been touring the world since the start of the full-scale invasion. In the summer of 2022, the musicians performed on the main stage of Britain’s largest music festival, Glastonbury. American singer Billie Eilish, Beatles member Paul McCartney and other musicians appeared before them on the Pyramid Stage.

DahaBrakha also announced a world tour, in which about 16 countries are to be visited. Among them: Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Iceland.