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| | '''Pelageya''' ('''Пелагея''') (b. 1986) is a [[Russia]]n 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 [[Russia]]n version of the TV show, ''The Voice'' as a coach. Her style is described as folk, folk rock, and art rock. She often sings traditional Cossack warrior songs stylized for rock. | | '''Pelageya''' ('''Пелагея''') (b. 1986) is a [[Russia]]n 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 [[Russia]]n version of the TV show, ''The Voice'' as a coach. Her style is described as folk, folk rock, and art rock. She often sings traditional Cossack warrior songs stylized for rock. |
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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.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Gy7E2Gv4tOQ Пелагея и Кубанский казачий хор - Любо, братцы, любо! (2019 HD)(Eng. sub.)]</ref> |
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| | In Russian folk songs, solo voices are often answered by a chorus.<ref>https://youtu.be/ScPfm242yN4?t=500</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/VZsjoiFfpXM</ref> Pelegeya's rendition of the ''Under a Green Willow'' on the Russian ''Voice'' with her team has astounded listeners over the planet.<ref>[https://youtu.be/iKa6ooXY5BQ Under a Willow — Russian folk song], Pelageya</ref> The song was 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. The lyrics are:<ref>https://www.translatoruser-int.com</ref> | | In Russian folk songs, solo voices are often answered by a chorus.<ref>https://youtu.be/ScPfm242yN4?t=500</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/VZsjoiFfpXM</ref> Pelegeya's rendition of the ''Under a Green Willow'' on the Russian ''Voice'' with her team has astounded listeners over the planet.<ref>[https://youtu.be/iKa6ooXY5BQ Under a Willow — Russian folk song], Pelageya</ref> The song was 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. The lyrics are:<ref>https://www.translatoruser-int.com</ref> |
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| | ==External link== | | ==External link== |
| − | *[https://youtu.be/Gy7E2Gv4tOQ Пелагея и Кубанский казачий хор - Любо, братцы, любо! (2019 HD)(sub.)]
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| | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32UzukO-pg AMERICANS REACT TO RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC - Pelageya - Oh, It's Not The Night Yet] | | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32UzukO-pg AMERICANS REACT TO RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC - Pelageya - Oh, It's Not The Night Yet] |
| | *[https://youtu.be/mMx228QVT3E UNCUT - Oh, it's not the night yet - Pelageya] | | *[https://youtu.be/mMx228QVT3E UNCUT - Oh, it's not the night yet - Pelageya] |