Career
She is of mixed Polish-Russian heritage. Orlova both composes her own songs and performs other musicians" cover versions. She generally performs in three languages - Lithuanian, Russian and English.
Her song Nesvarbu was voted by the readers of highly popular Lithuanian youth magazine Pravda as the best debut of the year.
In 2008 her debut album Laukinis šuo dingo (The Wild Dog Dingo, named after a Russian book by Ruvim Fraerman for school children about teenage love) was released under the MetroMusic label and presented in Vilnius Street.Catherine church on January 22. A week later she had a similar concert in Kaunas State Drama Theatre.
Later the same year Orlova held concerts in Russia, London, Liverpool. According to her fansite, she is going to perform in Poland, Ireland, participate at Europavox festival in France, and elsewhere.
Orlova received positive recognition both worldwide and in Lithuania where she is seen as a huge success - her "cozy" gigs are highly anticipated there.
According to music critics, Orlova has a "high-trilling voice and a unique line in exhilaratingly dark, Baltic folk popular". Noticed by the Travis front-man Fran Healy, Alina"s song "Vaiduokliai" was picked up as one of the seven tracks to be featured on the digital-only European Parliament, entitled "Play. Stop. Rewind" released worldwide by LIPA Records.