NOTE: I don’t normally include covers by children of songs dealing with adult issues like those covered in this song but this performance is so exceptional and it has been handled in a manner that allays some of my concerns so that I am including it. Love on the Brain was originally released
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Algoritmy (Ostavaysya Doboy) [Algorithms (Stay Alone)] is the new, original song from Lollipops Band member Alisa Trifonova. It is about searching for a soulmate in the modern world where subscribers replace friends and contacts are chosen by algorithms, so you need to search from scratch, alone, avoiding the empty words and algorithms. This is an
Something’s Got a Hold On Me was originally recorded by Etta James for her 1962 album, Etta James, and was also released as a single. It is a song about being in love for the first time. This is a great, rocking solo performance from Alisa Trifonova where she blasts out the song, hitting some
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! was originally released by Vaughn Monroe as a single in 1945 and quickly became a Yuletide favourite, being performed by many different artists. It is about being by a fire with someone you love and not caring that it’s snowing outside, even though you will
Razvedi Nebo [Pull Apart The Sky] was originally released by Dana Sokolova as a single in 2016 and was included on her 2018 album Myslepad [Myself]. It is about being yourself even if that means you don’t fit in and being proud of it. This is an incredible solo performance from Alice Trifonova, giving
Inostranets [Foreigner] was originally released by Valery Meladze on his 2008 album Vopreki [Contrary To]. It is about feeling lost, like you’re a foreigner everywhere and wanting to be taken home. This is a solo performance from Mariam Jalagonia at the New Wave Junior 2018 competition on the second day of competition. Mariam has
Suliko is a Georgian poem written by Akaki Tsereteli in 1895 and was set to music by Verinka Tsereteli the same year, it became very popular in Soviet countries and has been performed many times. It is about looking for the grave of your sweetheart, Suliko, and asking for help from a rose and
Polovinka Moya [My Other Half] was originally released by Larisa Dolina on her 1988 album Kartochniy Domik [House of Cards]. It is about the old myth that, in the past, people thought they were the equals of Gods so, as punishment, the Gods split people in half, scattering them all over the Earth and
. Somebody To Love was originally released by Queen on their 1976 album A Day At The Races and as a single. It is about being alone, asking God why, and begging for somebody to love. This is an excellent version sung by by Lollipops member Alice Trifonova, which she gives her own special treatment,
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight was originally released by The Beatles on their 1969 album Abbey Road. Golden Slumbers is a lullaby, based on a 17th Century poem, and Carry That Weight is about continuing on while under pressure. This is a solo performance given by Sonia Philippova at the New Wave Junior