Ukrainian Power

Ukrainian Power

Canada is home to the second largest Ukrainian diaspora in the world, and their musical legacy runs deep. Ukrainian Power celebrates the rich traditions and modern expressions of Ukrainian-Canadian music—from centuries-old folk songs and fiery polkas to soaring choirs and contemporary fusions. These recordings reflect resilience, cultural pride, and a deep connection to both homeland and adopted land. Whether performed in prairie halls or urban stages, this music tells the story of a community that has helped shape Canada’s cultural fabric. Слава Україні — Glory to Ukraine!

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Royal Polka Kings Bad, Bad, Women Touring Manitoba
Ed Evanko White Chestnut Blossoms My Native Land
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Kansas City Railroad Blues Blue Ribbon Fiddle
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) French Minuet A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Lone Star Rag Live, The Lost Recordings
Tommy Buick At Mail Call Today Tommy Buick Goes Ukrainian Western
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) Де синії гори (The Blue Mountains) Zorya
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) Here's That Rainy Day ST
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Pointe-Au-Pic Reel On Stage With Al Cherney
Ed & Sally and the Country-4 Country 4 Polka Sing Ukrainian Country Songs For You
Ed & Sally and the Country-4 Mary's Kolomayka Ukrainian Polkas & Kolomaykas
Steve Karliski At Least One Time Gotta Keep Movin'
Royal Polka Kings Smart Animals Touring Manitoba
Boris Borowetz Dear Mother Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!
Boris Nowasad Gerald's Polka Plays Old Time Polkas Ukrainian Style
Ed Evanko I'll be Seeing You I Did It For Your Love
Gail Neduzak Marie Ivanka Miss Ukranian Fiddle
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) Гуцулко Ксеню (Hutsulka Ksenya) Zorya
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Old Joe Clark, Golden Slippers, Boil Them Cabbage Down A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Rushnychok We Are Young (Молоді ми) Volume Three
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) with The Rhythm Pals I Keep Telling Myself I Keep Telling Myself // Bought for a Song
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Butterfly A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Ed & Sally and the Country-4 Nestor's Polka Ukrainian Polkas & Kolomaykas
Blysk Shabel Любов (Love) Блиск Шабель
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney) Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra
Ed & Sally and the Country-4 Fast Polka Ukrainian Polkas & Kolomaykas
Gail Neduzak Marie Mosaic Kolomeyka Miss Ukranian Fiddle
Boris Borowetz Seven Step Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!
Boris Borowetz An Octoer Day In Yorkton Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Rubber Dolly, Maple Sugar A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) Have a Heart Chain Reaction
Tommy Buick Fraulein Tommy Buick Goes Ukrainian Western
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) San Fernando Square Contest Winning Tunes (North American Fiddling Champion)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Steve Karliski Molly Gotta Keep Movin'
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Le Reel de Grand'mere Plays Old Tyme Fiddle
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Last Date, Sleep Walk A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Blysk Shabel Циганочка молода (Young Gypsy) Блиск Шабель
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Vic's Jig Contest Winning Tunes (North American Fiddling Champion)
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Golden Wedding Waltz Blue Ribbon Fiddle
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) Верба (The Willow) Zorya
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Pollution Please Stay Away b/w Pollution
Ed Evanko I Just Fall in Love Again I Did It For Your Love
Polka Drifters Ой не ходи, Грицю (Harry's Song) Ukrainian Times
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) Mama Lubomyra
Buddha Boy (Andrii Horbatyi) Reality Children of the Sun
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Adios Polka Contest Winning Tunes (North American Fiddling Champion)
Donna Mateyko ДОБРИЙ ВЕЧІР, ДІВЧИНО (Good Evening My Girl) The Cavaliers Orchestra and Gordon Mendres
Polka Drifters Наталка Полька (Natalka Polka) Ukrainian Times
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Too Many Kinfolk The 401
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Spanish Two-Step Live, The Lost Recordings
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) I Must Know (Hefti-Mattis) Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Old Tyme Fiddle Plays Old Tyme Fiddle
Royal Polka Kings Handzia No. 2 Touring Manitoba
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) Am I So Easy to Forget Juliette's Country World
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) Carpathia - Starry Eyes Lubomyra
Boris Borowetz O. Koshetz: Rejoice Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!
Steve Karliski Gotta Keep Movin' Gotta Keep Movin'
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Whistling Rufus Live, The Lost Recordings
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Cold Cold Heart, Your Cheatin' Heart A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Gail Neduzak Marie Arkan - Siyanka Miss Ukranian Fiddle
Men Without Hats Utter Space Folk of the 80's (EP)
Men Without Hats Modern Dancing BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A
Buddha Boy (Andrii Horbatyi) Not an MC Children of the Sun
Buddha Boy (Andrii Horbatyi) Heartbeat Children of the Sun
Ed Evanko In a Mirage My Native Land
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Rushnychok Carpathian Nights (Вечори в карпатах) ST
Boris Borowetz Mavka Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Heel and Toe Polka A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Rushnychok A Mist In The Valley (На долині туман) Volume Two
Boris Borowetz Wedding Waltz Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!
Buddha Boy (Andrii Horbatyi) Darkest Night Children of the Sun
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) Ой Ти Ніченько (Oh, The Nightfall) Zorya
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Orange Blossom Special Live, The Lost Recordings
Ed & Sally and the Country-4 Come And Knock Sing Ukrainian Country Songs For You
Boris Nowasad Dusty's Waltz Plays Old Time Waltzes
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Anniversary Song Golden Slippers
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Ocha Chornya Live, The Lost Recordings
Boris Nowasad Alexanders Two-Step Plays Old Time Polkas Ukrainian Style
Donna Mateyko СОНЦЕ НИЗЕНЬКО (At Sunset) The Cavaliers Orchestra and Gordon Mendres
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Happy Hours Schottische A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites
Donna Mateyko ОЙ ЛЮБИВ ТАЙ КОХАВ (He Loved Her Dearly) The Cavaliers Orchestra and Gordon Mendres
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Donna Mateyko ОЙ Y САДОЧКУ (In The Grove) The Cavaliers Orchestra and Gordon Mendres
Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Fiddlestick Hoedown Plays Old Tyme Fiddle
Tommy Buick Springtime in the Rockies Tommy Buick Goes Ukrainian Western
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ed Evanko Why Let It Go I Did It For Your Love
Men Without Hats Where do Boys Go BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A
Ed & Sally and the Country-4 Ed's Kolomayka Sing Ukrainian Country Songs For You
Rushnychok My Homeland (Земле моя) Volume Two
Blysk Shabel Їхав козак (Riding Cossack) Блиск Шабель
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Harnick-Bock) Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) - ST

St Vital, Manitoba - Vancouver, British Columbia - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Cam Chernecki and the Melody Sons - Ukrainian and Old Time Folk Dances in Tribute to the Late Pat Pender

FEATURED

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) - Contest Winning Tunes (North American Fiddling Champion)

Medicine Hat, Alberta → Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) - A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites

Medicine Hat, Alberta → Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) - Live, The Lost Recordings

Medicine Hat, Alberta → Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) - Golden Slippers

Medicine Hat, Alberta → Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) - On Stage With Al Cherney

Medicine Hat, Alberta → Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) - Blue Ribbon Fiddle

Medicine Hat, Alberta → Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) - Plays Old Tyme Fiddle

Medicine Hat, Alberta → Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Buddha Boy (Andrii Horbatyi) - Children of the Sun

Ukraine → Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Steve Karliski - Gotta Keep Movin'

Winnipeg, Manitoba → New York, New York, 🇺🇸 → Niagara Falls, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Rushnychok - Volume Three

Lachine, Québec

Rushnychok - Volume Four

Lachine, Québec

FEATURED

Rushnychok - Volume Two

Lachine, Québec

FEATURED

Rushnychok - ST

Lachine, Québec

FEATURED

Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) - Chain Reaction

Montréal, Québec

Verkhovyna Trio - Ontario, Ontario

Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cosmic Ray - Living Today Phase One

British Guiana - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Gloria Kaye - Weather b/w Child

Lac La Biche, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

MacLeod 9 - Ukrainians Crossing The Great Divide

Red Deer, Alberta - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

John Oswald - LX

Kitchener, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) - As Hard As I Try

St Vital, Manitoba - Vancouver, British Columbia - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Evanko - My Native Land

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Evanko - I Did It For Your Love

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Myles Goodwyn - Long Pants

Woodstock, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Buick - Tommy Buick Goes Ukrainian Western

Valley River - Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) - Juliette's Country World

George Fiala - Centennial Prelude (picture sleeve)

Kyiv Pops Orchestra* - Ukrainian Pops

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

ST

Cam Chernecki and the Melody Sons - Ukrainian and Old Time Folk Dances Back cover

Cam Chernecki and the Melody Sons - Ukrainian and Old Time Folk Dances in Tribute to the Late Pat Pender

Cam Chernecki and the Melody Sons - Ukrainian and Old Time Folk Dances Side 1

Cam Chernecki and the Melody Sons - Ukrainian and Old Time Folk Dances Side 2

Contest Winning Tunes (North American Fiddling Champion)

A Tribute to Al Cherney: 50 All Time Favorites

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) A Tribute to Al Cherney (3)

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) A Tribute to Al Cherney (2)

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) A Tribute to Al Cherney (1)

Live, The Lost Recordings

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) / Live, The Lost Recordings INNER

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) / Live, The Lost Recordings OUTER

Golden Slippers

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) / Golden Slippers LABEL 02

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) / Golden Slippers LABEL 01

Al Cherny – Golden Slippers BACK

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) / Contest Winning Tunes (North American Fiddling Champion) LABEL 01

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) / Contest Winning Tunes (North American Fiddling Champion) LABEL 02

On Stage With Al Cherney

Blue Ribbon Fiddle

Plays Old Tyme Fiddle

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Blue Ribbon Fiddle LABEL 01

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech) Blue Ribbon Fiddle LABEL 02

Al Cherney - Blue Ribbon Fiddle BACK

Al Cherney (Alexander Peter Chernywech)

On Stage With Al Cherny BACK

Al Cherny North American Open And Novelty Champion BACK

Al Cherny Plays Old Tyme Fiddle BACK

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