Must be the music – the Ukrainian music!

Recently the third season of the talent show “Must be the Music. Tylko Muzyka” has finished in Warsaw. The winner in this show is a music band LemON who performs author’s songs in Lemkos’ Ukrainian and Polish. Incidentally, the winner of the first season of this competition was the band Enej with the songs “Myla Moja” (My Darling) and “Radio Hello.” Enej is still on the wave of popularity, giving numerous concerts. It is probably no accident that two bands with Ukrainian-language songs became the winners in the same show. It can be noted that modern Polish audience lacks a high-quality music product with folklore coloring.

The story of the LemON formation started when two brothers, Lemkos by origin, Igor Herbut, a singer and pianist, and Adam Horoszczak, a guitarist, decided to try their hand in the show “Must be the Music. Tylko Muzyka.” The band comes from the city Przemkov, Lower Silesia. The band’s front man recalls, when they passed the first round of the casting in Wroclaw, he thought about enhancing the lineup which would suit the format of the TV show. Then he called the best violinist he knew, Ukrainian Andrzej Olejnik, as well as drummer Piotr Budniak, who can play the drums as well as sing, and finally, bass guitarist Piotr Kolacz, whom he met at another project.

Why is this music formation so exciting? LemON is a Ukrainian-Lemko-Polish band, which makes their music unique. The performers sing Lemko compositions, using not only classical motives, but also jazz and rock, and combine everything so that the music sound was modern and artistically perfect. Someone will associate the name LemON with sour citrus, and others will remember it by sweet Lemko lyrics. The drums, electric guitars, violin, and tender grand piano are crowned by the moving voice of the soloist.

May is truly a Ukrainian month in Poland. It is not without a reason that the Ukrainian Spring Festival has been held for five years for now in Poznan – under the slogan “Let’s learn our neighbor closer.” We would like not only Poles but people in the whole world to learn more about Ukraine and to be eager to master our language, when they hear a Ukrainian song.