Alina Orlova / Алина Орлова

LT

Adult contemporary, Background, Baroque Pop, Bubblegum, Chanson, Cuddlecore, Easy-list., Indie-pop, Jazz, Lounge, Mor, Pop, Singer-songwriters, Smooth jazz, Twee

http://www.myspace.com/alinaorlova
http://www.snegiri.ru/?cat=59

Multiple Voices from a Singular Tradition: Mari Kalkun and Possimiste

We offer a couple of female performers from Estonia: one is a fledgling artiste, introduced only today to the Moscow public. The other is a rising folk star at home. Between these two Baltic repertoires, however, lies a singular sense of tradition.

Migloko: Eighteen Fine Songs about Nothing in Particular

Lithuanian singer-songwriter Migloko has just released a debut album. Much as her breezy persona off-stage, the CD is a wonderfully pointless stroll through a wide range of influences. Is this, perhaps, the Lithuanian Lily Allen?

Alina Orlova’s “Mutabor”: The Allure of Smallness and Silence

Two days ago in Lithuania, singer-songwriter Alina Orlova released her second album, "Mutabor." Supposedly the recording is scheduled for a September launch in Russia, which makes yesterday's speedy reaction from Moscow magazine "Afisha" especially praiseworthy. Once step ahead of the Vilnius PR m...

Varia Demidova: "Paradoxical" Songs of Hope... from a City of Murderers

Varia Demidova is a new signing to the Moscow label Snegiri; so new, in fact, that virtually all materials relating to this singer come from two different sources. On the one hand we have official materials produced by Demidova's label; on the other, a collection of bloggers and forum members wh...

"No Oil, No Stress, No Noise": Singing Songs and Reinventing the Wheel

In the first few days of February, a new compilation CD appeared in Moscow with the title of "No Oil, No Stress, No Noise." It was - and remains - the editorial work of Snegiri Records and music journalist Aleksandr Gorbachev. Mr. Gorbachev contextualizes the CD - in Russian - as follows: "This co...

Anniebri: A Celebration of Water Lilies from the Ponds of Odessa

"Kuvshinka" is the Russian term for "water-lily," a flower hardly associated with northern climes. It's somewhat fitting, therefore, that the same exotic name and logo have been chosen for a young record label in the sunny Ukrainian port of Odessa. Using the seemingly Germanic spelling of "Kuwsh...

Chikiss: A "Springtime EP" and the Romance of Vanishing into the 1930s

The trio known as Chikiss - named after front-woman Galia Chikiss - has released just a wonderful new EP. It marks an evolutionary stage between the handful of top-notch tracks released online over the last couple of years and an album, promised in the near future. The four-track package can be...

Migloko: Big Eyelashes and Big Trouble in Lithuania

The city of Vilnius, Lithuania has seemingly produced a petite singer of great promise - Migloko. Unfortunately, the amount of information surrounding her so far matches that minimal frame. A few songs have been posted on several social networking sites, but they are always accompanied by the...

Alina Orlova: Moscow Concert at IKRA

Last week Lithuanian singer-songwriter Alina Orlova played at Moscow's IKRA club. Considered by many journalists to have been the Discovery of 2008, Orlova and her gig in the capital moved closer through the calendar with a sense of growing anticipation among music publications and related web...

InWhite: Two Talents and Two Languages

Recently the entertainment magazine Afisha published a list of 25 new and promising female vocalists, not only from Russia, but from beyond its borders, too. One of the chosen few - and rightly so - was Iulia Kriukova from the band InWhite. Kriukova herself is from St Petersburg, but th...

Alina Orlova: "Wild Dog Dingo"

Alina Orlova is a young musican and artist who sings in Russian, English, and Lithuanian. Wasting no time, we offer the the second of those languages in "Lovesong." [audio:Lovesong.mp3] This uncommon assortment of three tongues is caused by post-Soviet geography. Orlova was born in the town...