New weekly English-language podcast about Eastern European jazz. First episode released 14 January 2026 on Spotify, plus Apple and Google Podcasts.
Oleksiy Kogan launched a new weekly English-language jazz podcast 'East European Jazz' on 14 January 2026. This is the first English-language content project in his career, aimed at international audience (with focus on American and British jazz circles). The podcast is free and available on all major podcast platforms. Podcast structure: 50 episodes per year (1 weekly with holiday weeks excluded), each 60-75 minutes. Format — deep interview with one Eastern European jazz performer plus 3-4 songs from their repertoire. Spoken language — English (interviewees respond in English, for them Kogan prepares transcription plus subtitles). First 4 guests: Tomasz Stańko Foundation (Poland); Iordan Tsekov (Bulgaria); Marko Black (Serbia); Laura Marti (Ukraine, in premiere-episode format — see PR4). Technical quality is professional (recordings at MUSCOLO studio and via ZOOM for remote participants). Sound engineer — Yevhen Dmytriev. In the first 3 months of existence the podcast gained 95 thousand Spotify subscribers (from related performers in PR4-PR7 news). Expected by year-end — 250 thousand subscribers. The podcast is non-commercial (no ads), funded by Kogan's pedagogical work earnings at Kyiv Jazz Conservatory.
