Darka Dusty and the Borshch Beatkniks

Old World Soul Music

Darka Dusty is a life-long musician living in Portland, Oregon. As a singer, Darka is known for her big voice and likes to genre-hop from blues to jazz to country as well as sing in Ukrainian, the language of her ancestors. Born in Detroit, Darka dedicated the early part of her musical life to Ukrainian music as part of the NYC-based duo, "Darka & Slavko" who produced five critically-acclaimed records and traveled to Europe several times, winning "Best International Band" at the first non-Soviet Ukrainian Pop Music Festival.

Darka currently sings, teaches, plays piano and accordion as a soloist and with several Portland bands, including her own bands "Darka Dusty and the Borscht Beatniks" and "Mammoth in Space."

In addition to creating music, Darka is also a published writer and coowner of Mirifoto.com, a full-service photography company in Portland, OR.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVpPUxcjxAg

Website:

https://fandalism.com/darkadusty