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Pelegeya's signature song is entitled ''Lyubo, bratsy, lyubo'' or ''Lovely it is to live, brothers, lovely'', made popular during the [[Second World War]]. It is the dying words of a [[Cossack]] chieftain on a riverbank, remembering his wife, his mother, and his horse after leading 40,000 men on into a bloody battle. | Pelegeya's signature song is entitled ''Lyubo, bratsy, lyubo'' or ''Lovely it is to live, brothers, lovely'', made popular during the [[Second World War]]. It is the dying words of a [[Cossack]] chieftain on a riverbank, remembering his wife, his mother, and his horse after leading 40,000 men on into a bloody battle. | ||
| − | Another song taking the world by storm in 2021 is Pelegaya's rendition of ''Under a Willow'', a song written by a Russian officer in the early nineteenth century about a soldier mortally wounded under a willow tree, watching a black raven flying over his head. The raven is an ominous sign of impending death. He asks the raven to carry his bloodied sash home to his wife, freeing her from her promise to wait for him. He has found a new bride now, death. And he asks the raven to tell his father, mother and wife that they shouldn’t expect him to return.<ref>http://blog.nyfos.org/pelageya-sings-willow</ref> | + | Another song taking the world by storm in 2021 is Pelegaya's rendition of ''Under a Green Willow'', a song written by a Russian officer in the early nineteenth century about a soldier mortally wounded under a willow tree, watching a black raven flying over his head. The raven is an ominous sign of impending death. He asks the raven to carry his bloodied sash home to his wife, freeing her from her promise to wait for him. He has found a new bride now, death. And he asks the raven to tell his father, mother and wife that they shouldn’t expect him to return.<ref>http://blog.nyfos.org/pelageya-sings-willow</ref> |
==Reviews== | ==Reviews== | ||
Revision as of 05:59, May 21, 2021
Pelageya (Пелагея) (b. 1986) is a Russian female vocal artist. At the age of 9 she was awarded the title "Best Russian folk-singer." Pelegeya leads a musical group named, "Pelageya". She appears regularly on the Russian version of the TV show, The Voice as a coach. Her style is described as folk, folk rock, and art rock.
Pelegeya's signature song is entitled Lyubo, bratsy, lyubo or Lovely it is to live, brothers, lovely, made popular during the Second World War. It is the dying words of a Cossack chieftain on a riverbank, remembering his wife, his mother, and his horse after leading 40,000 men on into a bloody battle.
Another song taking the world by storm in 2021 is Pelegaya's rendition of Under a Green Willow, a song written by a Russian officer in the early nineteenth century about a soldier mortally wounded under a willow tree, watching a black raven flying over his head. The raven is an ominous sign of impending death. He asks the raven to carry his bloodied sash home to his wife, freeing her from her promise to wait for him. He has found a new bride now, death. And he asks the raven to tell his father, mother and wife that they shouldn’t expect him to return.[1]
Reviews
- "Pelageya is not only the best artist (She's not only a singer her performances are also acting) in Russia but in the world at this time!....It is sometimes hard to believe that she sings alone because her voice is so complex. Powerful harmonics give the impression that she is multiplying herself....I can't listen to it without having tears in my eyes, this voice makes all the cells in your body resonate! I saw videos of [her] concerts in which old soldiers burst into tears....
- "Her singing was serene, and her power to captivate became more evident with each song that passed. Songs that invoked all sorts of emotions and reactions, from agony, to silence, to wonder – it was all there. ...from Africanesque rhythms, to Miami conga beats, to Bossa Nova smoothness. The Russian-folk-rapping was there too, and so was Fifth Element chorus, again without the aid of computer audio enhancement....this group is one of the best I’ve ever seen. They have such an uncanny ability to merge diverse musical styles from all over the world and fuse them with nearly-forgotten folk songs from the farthest reaches of Russia...Pelageya is not only a national treasure but also Russia’s gift to the world.[2]