The Guardian: The polyphonic protest show that puts you inside Kyiv's Maidan

On the morning of 21 January 2014, Marichka Kudriavtseva was all set for the biggest day of her career. The Ukrainian singer had three gigs in a row lined up in Kyiv. But on her way to have her hair done, she started getting worried calls from her bandmates in Kyky Shanel, who specialise in French chanson and Soviet nostalgia. "I'm not going down there," said her guitar player. "The show is cancelled," said one of the others. "People are getting shot," said the third.