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Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (1998 – present)

“Perkalaba” is an ethno-ska-punk band from Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
Perkalaba group from Western Ukraine, playing Hutzul-ethno-ska music. Perkalaba started their career in the 1998, in Ivano-Frankivsk (Western Ukraine). At that time, Perkalaba was a ska - punk oriented band, with some influence of roots reggae playing in the underground club scene.
Later the band became much more rooted in Ukrainian Hutzul music. So the history Begins…

Perkalaba toured through all Ukraine, playing gigs in different clubs. In 2003 Perkalaba had concerts in Sopot (Poland), Zhdynia (Poland), Amsterdam and Berlin and festival “Ekotopy 2003”(Sheshory) Mazepa Fest 2004 (Poltava).
Perkalaba are named after a little Hutzul village in the Carpathian mountains, a place which symbolized to musicians their Zion. Presently, they focused their music on what they call ‘Hutzul roots’ - Perkalaba are facing their new future today…
The group was discovered at the ‘Rock Existenzia Festival’ in Kyiv (Ukraine). At the concert, it was obvious to experts that a band with such a dynamic and energetic interplay between ansemble and audience, is a true gem. The crowd loved Perkalaba regardlles of their ethnic identity.
The music of Perkalaba is inspired by various ethnic music from around the world, especially from various regions of Ukraine, such as Hutzul, Bukovyna and Zakarpattya. Other influences include the punk music of the Pogues’ Shane McGowan, Element of Crime and from reggae such bands and artists as Bob Marley, Manu Chao, Skatalites.

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