Sounds of the Mountains 2027 – SCYTHIAN – Saturday, January 30 @ 7:30pm – presented in partnership with Blue Ridge Music Center

Scythian is a high-energy roots band known for their electrifying live shows and engaging spirit. Blending Appalachian and Celtic tunes with the Carpathian songs of their Ukrainian heritage, Scythian delivers them with blazing fiddle, thunderous rhythms, and crowd-singing anthems that beckons audiences onto their feet and into an ‘Arena-Folk’ musical experience. With a reputation for infectious energy and musicianship, these boys from the Shenandoah Valley bring a foot-stomping, heart-pounding experience that keeps festival audiences across the country coming back for more.

Named after Ukrainian nomads, Scythian (sith-ee-yin) plays roots music from Celtic, Eastern European and Appalachian traditions with thunderous energy, technical prowess, and storytelling songwriting, beckoning crowds into a barn-dance, rock concert experience. The foursome made up of Alexander Fedoryka (Vocals, Fiddle, Mandolin, Harmonica), Danylo Fedoryka (Vocals, Guitar, Accordion), Ethan Dean (Vocals, Upright and Electric Bass, Percussion, Guitar) and Alex Kuldell (Vocals, Drums, Percussion) brings various influences together to create a conglomerate which is technically precise and steeped in various folk traditions. The classically trained Fedoryka brothers grew up on Ukrainian folk music and bluegrass, while Ethan Dean was raised on the greats of 60’s & 70’s folk-rock. World Champion Scottish Drummer, Alex Kuldell, spent 20 years in the US Army Fife and Drum Corps and brings a precision and taste which can only be honed in the highest levels of competition and performance. You have to catch the live show to understand why The Camel City Dispatch said of a MerleFest performance: “[Scythian gives] no quarter in their quest to entertain and bring a joy to their music that gives it an irony-free, wide open feel of manic possibility. The playing is technically brilliant, but it is the energy that carries the day.”

more info about the band: https://www.scythianmusic.com/

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