Slau
{{short description|American musician}}
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Slau (also known as Slavko Halatyn{{efn|{{langx|uk|Славко Галатин|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Slavko Halatyn}}}}}} and Jerry Halatyn) is an American singer/songwriter and producer of Ukrainian descent living in New York City. He is best known in the podcasting and podsafe music world for producing the Podsafe for Peace holiday anthem "If Every Day Were Christmas".
In the mid-1980s, Halatyn partnered with Darka Konopada to form Darka and Slavko and became one of the most popular duos in Ukrainian diaspora and Ukraine.{{cite news |url=http://www.svoboda-news.com/arxiv/pdf/1996/Svoboda-1996-124.pdf|accessdate=21 July 2014 |title=Svoboda |volume=СІI |number=119 |date=24 June 1995 |newspaper=Свобода Свобода |trans-newspaper=Svoboda Freedom |language=bg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121212/http://www.svoboda-news.com/arxiv/pdf/1996/Svoboda-1996-124.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-24}}{{vn|date=April 2024|reason=Text does not match info from web pages: "VOL. СIIІ. No. 124. JERSEY CITY and NEW YORK, SATURDAY JUNE 29, 1996. CENTS 75 ЦЕНТІВ ДЖЕРЗІ СИТІ і НЮ ЙОРК СУБОТА. 29-го ЧЕРВНЯ 1996 р. Ч, 124. РІК СI!і."}} Their partnership began a ten-year musical collaboration as well as an eight-year marriage.
On June 20, 2014, Halatyn debuted as the lead singer of The Blue Turtles, a Sting tribute band, at the Ice House in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|last1=McGroggan|first1=Shamus |title=George Hrab and Slau Halatyn from The Blue Turtles live on The Blend|date=26 June 2014 |url=http://wdiy.org/post/george-hrab-and-slau-halatyn-blue-turtles-live-blend|publisher=WDIY |accessdate=21 July 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Schoof |first1=Dustin |title=The Blue Turtles to pay tribute to Sting with Bethlehem concert |url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2014/06/the_blue_turtles_to_pay_tribut.html|website=Lehigh Valley Live|date=17 June 2014 |publisher=PennLive LLC|accessdate=21 July 2014}}
Podsafe for Peace
In 2005, Slau produced and co-wrote a version of "If Every Day Were Christmas," a holiday song which fell into the hands of podcasting legend Adam Curry. After listening to the song, Curry suggested on his Daily Source Code podcast that the song would lend itself to a "We Are the World"–style production. Slau agreed and began assembling a group of podsafe artists, many from the Podsafe Music Network. The final recording features 32 artists from nine countries around the world and was dubbed "Podsafe for Peace" by Curry. All proceeds from the sale of the recording go to UNICEF.{{cite web|title=HAVE YOURSELF A PODSAFE CHRISTMAS: First carol of its kind brings together 32 singers from around the world to benefit UNICEF|url=http://www.podsafeforpeace.org/pressrelease.asp|website=Podsafe for Peace|accessdate=21 July 2014}}
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External links
- [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005KALT The Weight of Words] amazon.com
- [http://www.podsafeforpeace.org Podsafe for Peace]
- [http://sessionswithslau.com/ Site of Slau (Slavko Halatyn)]
- Interview: {{Citation | title=Ep. #75 - Interview: Slau - Words and Music
| date=April 15, 2008 | url=http://www.skepticality.com/words-and-music/
| author=Swoopy | author-link=Robynn McCarthy | first2=Derek | last2=Colanduno | author2-link=Derek Colanduno | work=Skepticality | publisher=Skeptic Magazine | accessdate=November 27, 2011 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065332/http://www.ukrweekly.com/archive/1995/38/38_09.djvu?zoom_highlight=darka Revue of Ukrweekly]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065413/http://www.ukrweekly.com/archive/1988/35/35_11.djvu?zoom_highlight=darka Revue of Ukrweekly]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065448/http://www.ukrweekly.com/archive/1987/48/48_10.djvu?zoom_highlight=darka Revue of Ukrweekly]
- [http://www.ivasyuk.org.ua/names.php?l=uk&p=darka_slavko Дует «Дарка та Славко»]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121025150518/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2362929.html Article from: The Ukrainian Weekly]
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Category:20th-century American male singers
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:American people of Ukrainian descent