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!

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Vancouver Polka Pals - Mike Skoreyko and His Vancouver Polka Pals

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Polka Drifters	Ой не ходи, Грицю (Harry's Song)	Ukrainian Times	03:38
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Polka Drifters	Чи ти був (Were You There)	Ukrainian Times	02:55
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	I Don't Want Your Love	The 401	02:03
Ed & Sally and the Country-4	Lightning Polka	Sing Ukrainian Country Songs For You	01:53
Nowasad, Boris	Dauphin Waltz	Plays Old Time Waltzes	03:07
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Here's That Rainy Day (Burke-Van Heusen)	Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra	03:15
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Rushnychok	Carpathian Nights (Вечори в карпатах)	ST	03:18
Neduzak, Gail Marie	Swaying Grass	Miss Ukranian Fiddle	01:44
Goodwyn, Myles	For Ukraine	Long Pants	03:09
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Сину, Качки Летять / Дивлюсь Я На Небо (Son, Ducks Are Flying / Looking at the Sky)	Zorya	08:29
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Today	Juliette's Country World	03:06
Borowetz, Boris	Anniversary Waltz	Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!	01:36
Borowetz, Boris	Bandura Waltz	Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!	02:29
Borowetz, Boris	01 Folk Song Medley #2	Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!	02:03
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Not Enough Indians	Juliette's Country World	03:15
Royal Polka Kings	Handzia No. 2	Touring Manitoba	02:03
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Invisible Tears	Juliette's Country World	02:09
Royal Polka Kings	Happy Musicians Song	Touring Manitoba	02:01
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Walkin' on New Grass	Juliette's Country World	02:59
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	I Will Wait for You (Legrand)	Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra	03:11
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Some of These Days - Bill Bailey (Brooks)	Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra	03:31
Nowasad, Boris	Westphilia Waltz	Plays Old Time Waltzes	03:15
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Rushnychok	Learn Well, My Brothers (Учітеся брати мої)	ST	01:29
Verkhovyna Trio	Ontario, Ontario (stereo)	Ontario, Ontario	03:57
Polka Drifters	Ще раз (Once More)	Ukrainian Times	02:29
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Feelin' Good	ST	03:52
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Borowetz, Boris	O. Koshetz: Mary	Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!	02:04
Nowasad, Boris	The Waltz Of May	Plays Old Time Waltzes	02:41
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By	As Hard As I Try	02:33
Rushnychok	Rushnychok (Рушничок)	ST	04:06
Rushnychok	Chaban (Чабан)	Volume Two	02:07
Ed & Sally and the Country-4	Seven Lonely Days	Sing Ukrainian Country Songs For You	02:16
Rushnychok	We Are Young (Молоді ми)	Volume Three	02:33
Evanko, Ed	The Dance	I Did It For Your Love	03:36
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Whispering Wind	Lubomyra	03:23
Evanko, Ed	Till I Loved You	I Did It For Your Love	04:41
Evanko, Ed	Handzia	My Native Land	02:00
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Цигани стояли (The Gypsies)	Zorya	03:13
Buick, Tommy	Are You Teasing Me	Tommy Buick Goes Ukrainian Western	02:03
Mateyko, Donna	ОЙ Y САДОЧКУ (In The Grove)	The Cavaliers Orchestra and Gordon Mendres	03:36
Chayka	Vodohraij	ST	04:39
Polka Drifters	Наталка Полька (Natalka Polka)	Ukrainian Times	01:56
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Жито Мати (The Rye Song)	Zorya	02:07
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Borowetz, Boris	Folk Song Medley #3	Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!	03:37
Buick, Tommy	Springtime in the Rockies	Tommy Buick Goes Ukrainian Western	01:49
Chayka	Chotery Rojhy	ST	03:14
Evanko, Ed	I Did It For Your Love	I Did It For Your Love	03:33
Rushnychok	The Ballad of Yuri Tjutjunnyk (Пісня про Тютюнника)	Volume Three	02:57
Cosmic Ray	We're All the Same	Living Today Phase One	06:42
Rushnychok	Chervona Ruta (Червона рута)	ST	03:12
Evanko, Ed	Marichka	My Native Land	03:00
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Autumn Leaf	Lubomyra	03:12
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Borowetz, Boris	Beyond the River Dunai	Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!	02:16
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Foolish Fellow	The 401	02:30
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	As Hard As I Try	As Hard As I Try	02:35
Ed & Sally and the Country-4	Come And Knock	Sing Ukrainian Country Songs For You	02:41
Royal Polka Kings	Juba	Touring Manitoba	01:54
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Chain Reaction	Chain Reaction	03:37
Ed & Sally and the Country-4	Once More	Sing Ukrainian Country Songs For You	02:41
Evanko, Ed	What'll I Do	I Did It For Your Love	03:24
Blysk Shabel	Пам’ятаю (Remembrance)	Блиск Шабель	04:24
Borowetz, Boris	Folk Medley #5	Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!	01:55
Cosmic Ray	Let's Get it Right	Living Today Phase One	06:08
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Honey on the Vine (Crutchfieold-Burch)	Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra	02:26
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	I Will Wait For You	ST	03:10
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Pretty Lady	Lubomyra	02:45
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) with The Rhythm Pals	Bought for a Song	I Keep Telling Myself // Bought for a Song	02:33
Evanko, Ed	Why Let It Go	I Did It For Your Love	04:03
Polka Drifters	Старий Макдоналд (Old MacDonald Had a Farm)	Ukrainian Times	02:50
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Mama	Lubomyra	03:33
Blysk Shabel	Їхав козак (Riding Cossack)	Блиск Шабель	04:03
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Until it's Time for You to Go (Buffy Sainte-Marie)	Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra	03:18
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Ed & Sally and the Country-4	Wedding Dance Polka	Ukrainian Polkas & Kolomaykas	02:31
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	I Stand Alone	Chain Reaction	04:02
Evanko, Ed	Crazy	I Did It For Your Love	04:24
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	На Івана Купала (Midsummer Eve)	Zorya	02:28
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Oh Lonesome Me	Juliette's Country World	02:28
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Honey on the Vine	ST	02:40
Chayka	Tsvite Teryn	ST	02:21
Nowasad, Boris	Black Velvet Waltz	Plays Old Time Waltzes	03:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak)	Ribbon of Darkness (Lightfoot)	Juliette with the Lucio Agostini Orchestra	02:37
Rushnychok	You (Ти)	Volume Three	04:29
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук))	Carpathia - Starry Eyes	Lubomyra	04:09
Ed & Sally and the Country-4	Just For Sally Polka	Ukrainian Polkas & Kolomaykas	01:49
Chayka	Ty Z'lubove Sobi Ne Jartui	ST	04:13

Ukrainian Power

Vancouver Polka Pals - Mike Skoreyko and His Vancouver Polka Pals

Neduzak, Gail Marie - Miss Ukranian Fiddle

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Kaye, Gloria - Weather b/w Child

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Bryden, Bob - Transcendental Misinformation

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

Rushnychok - Volume Two

Kyiv Pops Orchestra* - Ukrainian Pops

Interlake Polka Kings - A Ukrainian Samohonka

Hnatiuk, Nick and the Fugitives - The Second Greatest Album

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - The 401

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Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) - Zorya

Polka Drifters - On a Winter Vacation

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Cosmic Ray - Living Today Phase One

Fiala, George - Centennial Prelude (picture sleeve)

Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) with The Rhythm Pals - I Keep Telling Myself // Bought for a Song

FEATURED

Evanko, Ed - My Native Land

Ed & Sally and the Country-4 - Ukrainian Polkas & Kolomaykas

Borowetz, Boris - Jeffrey's Musical Restaurant: Ukrainian Feast!

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Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

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Luba (Lubomira Kowalchyk (Любомира Ковальчук)) - Lubomyra

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MacLeod 9 - Ukrainians Crossing The Great Divide

Five Gents - Play Ukrainian Favorites of Johnny Kinasewich

Nowasad, Boris - Plays Old Time Polkas Ukrainian Style

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Rushnychok - ST

Royal Polka Kings - Touring Manitoba

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Goodwyn, Myles - Long Pants

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Men Without Hats - Folk of the 80's (EP)

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

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

Nowasad, Boris - Plays Old Time Waltzes

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