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News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Slavalachia: Bringing Cultures Together Through Folk Music Brett Hill attended Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau first American show at a small bar in Athens, Ohio, in March 2019, which was the start of a music collaboration that has now reached across an ocean during a global pandemic. Photo by Chad Reich/100 Days in Appalachia A group of musicians from Belarus, Ukraine, and Ohio discover a shared story about music and oppression. May 3, 2021 Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau was in Chicago in March 2019 on a U.S. tour presenting folk art and music from his Eastern European home. Nadzeya Ilkevich, then a second-year graduate student at Ohio University, caught wind and lured her friend and fellow countryman to Athens, Ohio an Appalachian foothill college town of about 40,000 to perform t ....
/ Brett Hill attended Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau first American show at a small bar in Athens, Ohio, in March 2019, which was the start of a music collaboration that has now reached across an ocean during a global pandemic. This article was originally published by 100 Days in Appalachia, an independent, non-profit digital news publication incubated at the Media Innovation Center at the West Virginia University Reed College of Media. Sign up for their weekly newsletter here. Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau was in Chicago in March of 2019 on a U.S. tour presenting folk art and music from his eastern European home. Nadzeya Ilkevich, then a second-year graduate student at Ohio University, caught wind and lured her friend and fellow countryman to Athens, Ohio – an Appalachian foothill college town of about 40,000 – to perform traditional Belarusian songs using flutes and a hurdy gurdy, which is a hand-cranked hybrid of a violin ....