Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Alina Orlova has announced the UK release of her new album Mutabor and is offering a free download of the album track Lichoradka. Hailing from Visaginas, a small town in the North East of Lithuania near the border of Belarus and Latvia, Alina Orlova sings in a mix of Lithuanian, Russian and English. Her sophomore album...

22-year-old Lithuanian singer/songwriter Alina Orlova, dubbed Eastern Europe’s answer to Joanna Newsom, is a unique and spectral talent. Her debut album LAUKINIS SUO DINGO shimmers with imagination, a twisted take on traditional folk, her glacial voice sweeping over songs sung in Lithuanian, Russian and English. Sparse and pure, often accompanied simply by piano, Alina Orlova is a remarkable and beguiling new artist.