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Podcast: Taiwan Uncovered
Episode: Born from Ukraine's revolution: meet Balaklava Blues
Description: Mark and Marichka Marczyk met during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. Their first dates were on burning barricades. It was from this backdrop and a love of Ukrainian traditional folk music, that Balaklava Blues then emerged.Â
This year, Balaklava Blues was among the performers at Taiwan's World Music Festival which took place in mid-October. I had the pleasure of watching them perform and speaking with Mark and Marichka about their story and their efforts to ensure the Ukrainian experience is heard. Hit play to learn more about the duo, how they fell in love with Ukrainian folk music, and their...