Mandry

folk, neofolk, rock, under 2000 listeners, folk-rock

Mandry were officially formed in 1997 by the already well known singer/songwriter Serhiy "Foma" Fomenko, who had made a name for himself in the Kyiv underground music scene for his creative work with the group Den Vmiraye Rano (Day Dies Early). At first they performed as a three-piece acoustic band, but after a few band member change-overs a new sound was created which made Mandry the spearheads of what is now known as "folk music of the cities". They performed their first concert with this unique sound on 24th December 1997.