I can’t quite remember when or how I first discovered the band Gogol Bordello. It’s essentially an international American group led by Ukrainian emigrant Eugene Hütz. Eugene himself played one of the main roles in the film Everything Is Illuminated, which tells the story of an American Jew (played by Elijah Wood) traveling to Ukraine in search of his late grandfather’s lost love.
Many of their songs have stayed in my playlist for a long time. One of them was a song about Kyiv, performed by the band together with fans of the Dynamo Kyiv football team. Yesterday, it started playing in my car.
These days, it feels especially relevant. Kyiv, stay strong!
