Music of the Ukrainian Diaspora[edit]
Canada[edit]
Pop music in the Ukrainian diaspora took off in the mid sixties in Western Canada with cover recordings by the Drifters 5 of Beatles tunes. They were followed by performers such as Mikey and Bunny. In the 1970s Montreal positioned itself as a major centre for Ukrainian Diaspora pop music mainly through the efforts of Bohdan Tymyc and his Yevshan corporation. Yevshan released numerous recordings by Zabava bands such as Ukrainian-Canadian bands Rushnychok and Syny Stepiv. It is through Yevshan that Luba Kovalchuk recorded her first recordings and started her rise through an album called Zoria (Album cover by Maurice Prokaziuk).
Ukrainian ethnomusocological resources: