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Hilarious Disasters: Unnatural Root

by Ian Patterson
April 22, 2026

You can take the gal out of Ukraine, but you cannot take Ukraine out of the gal. Kateryna Ziabliuk may pursue her music in Poland these days,  but with Unnatural Root, the debut album of her group Hilarious Disasters, Ziabliuk draws deeply from her Ukrainian traditions. The Kyiv-born pianist, composer and journalist--she co-founded the jazz portal Meloport--also infuses these original compositions with influences from her time in Italy and Poland. Spanish and Italian literary figures, whose wildly different styles mirror ...