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Stepan Pasicznyk
Stepan Pasicznyk | |
|---|---|
| Born | Luton, Bedfordshire, England |
| Genres | Ukrainian, folk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, translator |
| Instruments | Accordion, guitar bass, mandolin, keyboards |
| Associated acts | The Ukrainians |
| Website | [1] |
Stepan Pasicznyk is a British born musician, songwriter, song translator of Ukrainian/Irish descent from Luton, Bedfordshire. He was the accordionist and co-songwriter for The Ukrainians on (Vorony) [1] & Kultura) [2] and accordionist and co-translator for the Pisni iz The Smiths Cover [3] of the original early 1990s line up of British band The Ukrainians.[4]
Stepan Pasicznyk performs traditional Ukrainian music either solo or with a bassist and drummer. Concert appearances to date have been in the UK, Canada, France, and Germany. He is currently accordionist for Folk Roots trio Karpatsky Zvuky (Sounds of the Carpathians) who play music from the countries the Carpathian mountains pass through, namely Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia and Romania.
As well as recording more traditional Ukrainian music and original songs in Ukrainian and English since The Ukrainians, he works as a session musician, having recorded on projects such as Rev Hammer's "Bishop of Buffalo" [5] produced by Justin Sullivan of New Model Army, Cage by the Bridewells produced by Phil Manzanera, guitarist of Roxy Music, and "Swill" Odgers of British Punk/Folk Group The Men They Couldn't Hang's latest release "Elvis Lives Here" with his "Swagger Band". He sessioned on the release "Believe" by Ukrainian American duet Darka and Slavko. Other previous Ukrainian musical activity included playing accordion for Reading-based traditional dance ensemble Metelyk. He plays with UK Waltham Cross based Ukrainian dance and general function band Zhnyva. His main instrument is accordion, but he also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards and mandolin.
He has translated songs from Ukrainian into English for Ukrainian artist Lessia Horova,[6] and translates traditional Ukrainian songs to English. Some of his other exploits include incidental music for BBC TV's Soccer enthusiasts show Row Z, musical arrangement for a London Theatre production "Husbands and Lovers" by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar, and introductory music for British Columbia, Canada's longest running Ukrainian radio show, Nash Holos (Our Voice).
In 2007 he joined Welsh folk rock band Here Be Dragons [7] for their Italy tour, and for their US gig and ABC TV debut for the Chicago Celtic Festival. He toured with Here Be Dragons until November 2014.
In January 2015 with his daughters he released the first ever adaptation from Ukrainian to English of the original meaning of Shchedryk, the tune of which was used for the lyrically non related Carol of the Bells.[8]
His Mums cousin was Eddie Rabbitt, the Nashville country music star whose song "Kentucky Rain" was a hit for Elvis Presley and whose song "Every Which Way But Loose" was the theme tune for a film starring Clint Eastwood and an orangutan.
References
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^ "The Ukrainians = Українці* - Kultura = Культура". Discogs. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "The Ukrainians discography". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 9781841953359. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ "Rev Hammer - The Bishop Of Buffalo". Discogs. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ [http://www.horova.kiev.ua/projekt_1-04.htm "���� ������"]. www.horova.kiev.ua. Retrieved 11 December 2018. replacement character in|title=at position 1 (help)
^ "info". www.kattpie.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ ukrainianmusicvideo. "Shchedryk Щедрик in English (original meaning) & Ukrainian a.k.a. Carol of the Bells". Retrieved 11 December 2018 – via YouTube.
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