Je Veux [I Want] was originally released by Zaz on her 2010 album Zaz and as a single. It is about wanting love and happiness and not wanting material things, nor hypocrisy, and false manners. This is an excellent performance from Danelya where she sings flawlessly in French, yet another language in her
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Get Me A Beer! was originally released on the 2014 album No Beer In Heaven. It is about the band’s favourite subject, drinking beer, and that if you buy them beer then you will be their friend. It is a rousing drinking song that perfectly blends the heavy metal rhythm and beat with folk
Novaya Volna [New Wave] was originally released by Khor “Novaya Volna” Akademiya Populyarnoy Muzyki Igorya Krutogo [“New Wave” Choir of the Igor Krutoy Academy of Popular Music]. It was first performed at the New Wave 2016 singing competition and has since become a theme song of the competition. It is a
Oy Kanada is the new single from Protokult. It is their idiosyncratic tribute to Canada for the 150 year celebrations, a raucous drinking song, and a challenge to the USA to join the celebrations and pour some pints of Canadian beer (which is better than theirs). It is a head banging anthem to drinking
Zakaty Alyje [Scarlet Sunset] was originally released by Geroi [Heroes] as a single in 2014. It tells the story of young soldiers on the eve of war. The 1st verse describes the scene on the night before the battle: the quiet evenings; the disturbed sleep; the letter from mother. The 2nd verse tells of
Drugiye [Others] is the new single from Danelya. It is about differences between people, overcoming the barriers the differences create, and how the differences make us more powerful, so that we can rule the world even when only children. It is a great pop song with a good beat and an important message, a
Noviy God! [New Year!] is the new single from Danelya. It is a celebration of New Year (the most popular alternative to Christmas in many former Soviet countries). It is a beautiful song with a catchy chorus that sticks in your head for ages after listening to it. It is expertly performed by Danelya
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. Danelya gives a great fun, high energy performance of the song which, with the slightly overdriven gain on
Kosmos [Space] is the new single from Danelya. It is a happy, upbeat song about a space traveler who traveled all over the universe to make friends and is now traveling home to her mother. Danelya gives a great performance bring out the friendly and the fun elements of the song and imbibing it