Summertime is from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin. It was originally recorded by Abbie Mitchell in 1935 and was first a hit for Billie Holiday in 1936 and has been recorded more than 25,000 times. It is a lullaby that describes life as being easy and that the baby is
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Stone Cold was originally Demi Lovato on her 2015 album Confident and as a single. It is about trying to be happy about an ex moving on and being with someone else, but still feeling the pain. This is a great, moving version of the song from Christine where she perfectly expresses the full
I Didn’t Know My Own Strength was originally released by Whitney Houston on her 2009 album I Look To You and as a single. It is about having passed through your darkest hour, thinking you’re lost but making it through due to having a strength that you didn’t know. This is an amazing rendition
Believe is the new video from Lizi. It is about believing in yourself, not changing who you are, and doing what you have to do without hate. It is an hypnotic track with the vocals barely coming out of the music but Lizi‘s voice is so intriguing that you are compelled to listen closely
I’m Defenseless is the new single from George. It is about someone who gets under your skin, into your breath, and feeling so weak, and defenseless. It is an incredibly powerful song that is almost operatic in its majesty with many elements layered over each other creating an intriguing complexity from relatively simple components.
Dirty Dirty was originally released by Charlotte Cardin on her 2016 EP Main Girl and as a single. It is about having fantasies about someone who loves someone else but trying to move on. This is an incredible version from Lizi, showing a level of maturity greater than her years. She has taken this
Me Votsnebobdi [I Was Dreaming] is the new single from Nodiko. It tells about the singer dreaming about someone who has left, so he searches for her, wanting her back, and remembering the night of loneliness when they separated. It has a great beat that is easy to move to that builds as the
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
Until I Met You was originally released under the title Corner Pocket by Count Basie on his 1957 album April in Paris, and has since become a jazz standard. It is about a couple who were lonely until they met and now they are enjoying all of the benefits of being in love. This