Two tickets to see DakhaBrakha, Ukrainian Punk Folk Circus Rock band, at the Dakota on July 2 at 7:30 pm! "Visually striking and sonically mesmerizing." - Broadway World DakhaBrakha is a world music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, Ukrainian "ethno-chaos" band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music. Donated by the Dakota.

The name DakhaBrakha is original, outstanding and authentic at the same time. It means "give/take" in the old Ukrainian language.

Having experimented with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, creating the bright, unique and unforgettable image of DakhaBrakha. Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African, Russian and Australian traditional instrumentation, the quartet's astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range creates a transnational sound rooted in Ukrainian culture.

In addition to their performances, DakhaBrakha also performs their original live soundtrack alongside a screening of the classic 1930 film, Earth, by Aleksandr Dovzhenko (considered to be one of the most important films of the Soviet era). Dovzhenko is a master of composition, and the film-with its intense close-ups and the impressive expanses of the landscape-is a passionate tribute to the countryside, to nature, and to the people who work on it.