Radio Shanson

Radio Shanson doesn't pretend to be cutting-edge. That's its charm. Broadcasting from Ukraine, this station leans hard into oldies - think Soviet-era ballads and Western pop from the '60s through '80s. You'll hear Sofia Rotaru alongside Boney M., and it somehow holds together. The playlist is heavy on nostalgia, but not in a lazy way. Tracks are sequenced with care: a melancholic shanson gives way to an upbeat pop number, then back again. It's the kind of radio your parents would leave on during a road trip across Ukraine. The presenters speak Ukrainian with a warm, unhurried tone - no frantic…