Ukrainian Field Notes: Sound, Music & Voices From Ukraine After the Full-Scale Invasion
Velocity Press has announced a new book – Ukrainian Field Notes: Sound, Music & Voices From Ukraine After the Full-Scale Invasion.
Author Gianmarco Del Re explores the impact of the war on musicians. based on over 300 interviews.
Here’s what they have to say about Ukrainian Field Notes:
“Since the full-scale invasion, music-making in Ukraine has adapted in remarkable ways: composing on mobile phones, streaming performances from bomb shelters, and organising festivals within curfew limits. Clubs became centres of volunteering and fundraising before regaining their cultural role once reopened. Meanwhile, the diaspora reshaped the musical landscape, severing old ties while creating new global networks of collaboration.
Ukrainian Field Notes: Sound, Music & Voices From Ukraine After the Full-Scale Invasion offers a 360-degree perspective on how sound has shaped musicians’ wartime lives and influenced evolving notions of identity – personal, collective, and postcolonial.”
Ukrainian Field Notes is available to order now for £9.99, with shipping planned to start March 6th, 2026.
