Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Jamala has been busy finishing her new album and today's the day it has been released. Simply titled 1944 as her Eurovision song contest 2016 winning song it includes 12 songs recorded over the past two years or so with several songs in English from her previous album(s). This is her fourth studio album following For every heart (2011), All or nothing (2013) and Подих (Podykh) (2015). Certainly not the typical Eurovision winner's album the song has Jamala's outstanding vocal acrobatics, interesting and original arrangements and rather electronic jazzy vibe with a lot of soul and a bit of blues and r'n'b and even funk and gospel. All in all much more enjoyable and international sounding than this blogger expected really. :-) Meanwhile Jamala has stood up for LBGTI rights and supports the Kiev Pride .  While waiting for the official video here's something else: Listen here

The Kiev Pride 2016 starts tomorrow under slogan Security of a person - development of the country! The program includes exhibitions, films, discussion forums, seminars and all the usual Pride things and topics. There's of course also the Opening party, Pride Party on Friday night and most visibly the Equality March on Sunday. And this march has been threated by bloodbath by local Neo-Nazis and the narrow minded local Orthodoc Church isn't very amused either. Earlier this year a LBGT right conference in Lviv was shut down after an attack with rocks and fireworks. Police was called on the spot, yet no one was arrested and the conference was shut down instead.  Let's see how this ends. The NTU and EBU meeting about the 2017 Eurovision song contest takes place in Geneva right after, JUne 13-14..... UPDATE: The march went reasonable well. There were 700-1500 marchers (dependig on source) and some 5500 policemen to secure it. Apparently 57 people have been detaine...