May 20, 2012
Cherry Band Concert in Dzyga
We had an amazing evening at a downtown art cafe on Tuesday. The band is young, with four girls on the bandura and one boy on the drums, and their music was fresh and pure. The upstairs room was packed without a single seat left and standing room full in the back, with waitresses hurrying from table to table with foaming beers and pitchers of sangria.
As evening fell, the light from the open windows behind the band slowly faded and the haunting, dancing sound of a Ukrainianized "Barbara Streisand" beat through my head all the way home.