Belarusian cultural radio: interviews, songs and a print archive

At a glance

A singing interview has a named cultural subject

In the July 26, 2014 conversation, host Mikhas Skobla interviews Siarzhuk Douhushau about outdoor gatherings where people learned Belarusian songs. The exchange discusses the purpose and organization of those gatherings, including work on traditional seasonal songs.

This makes it a useful starting point for someone interested in participatory singing rather than a polished concert performance. Read the questions as well as the answers: the discussion explains how people approached the music. Its invitation and event plans belong to 2014 and should be kept with that date.

The book is a selection from radio conversations

The broadcaster’s December 18, 2009 announcement describes a Volnaya Studyya book by Mikhas Skobla containing 50 conversations. It connects the publication with a long-running author-led radio interview series and names cultural participants at the launch.

A printed interview collection offers another way into the material. It can help identify a guest or topic, while a broadcast recording preserves the speaker’s voice and timing. A selected book and an individual program entry should therefore be cited separately, even when they share the series name.

Keep author, guest and date together

For a Belarusian cultural subject, start with the guest and the work or activity discussed. Add Volnaya Studyya, Radyjo Svaboda and the publication date when sharing the reference. That identifies the actual conversation without treating the archive as a listing of everything broadcast in Belarus.

Country and language reference

A dated clock example

A program time needs a date and a named time zone. The example below converts the same fixed UTC instant into the zones recorded for this directory entry; it is an illustration rather than a live clock.

Useful answers