WELCOME to Lenka's store. 13 albums to choose from. You can shop here both for physical CDs and downloads, or download through Bandcamp (this, my own site gives me, the artist, all the revenue; Bandcamp is the next best, they take only 15%); CD Baby, Amazon, Apple Music or iTunes are mostly for streaming and/or downloads these days, and Spotify, Deezer etc. for streaming.  So… if you still own a CD player, this is your ONLY place to buy real albums, with real booklets and real translations 😎. To hear the  music and for downloads, please scroll further down. 

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Zloději snů / Thieves of Dreams: CD
  • Zloději snů / Thieves of Dreams: CD
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For digital download, please visit Bandcamp, iTunes or Amazon Music. To download the booklet that accompanies this album, pls go to page Thieves of Dreams on this site. Free download of 28-page booklet and 6-panel sleeve is available there.

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Released on ARC, the world's longest-running world music label based in the U.K., Yiddish Journey compiles 18 songs from 6 albums (1999-2014). Half of these are Lenka's arrangements of traditional Yiddish songs, and half are her own original Yiddish songs. Imported from U.K.

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Embrace
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Lenka's latest labum that is already collecting rave reviews (see Press). Released at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio in 2013. Original songs and 2 arrangements of traditional material. Co-produced with Alan Hetherington. Fray band - Toronto's top world musicians and fantastic international guest musicians.

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Songs for the Breathing Walls
  • Songs for the Breathing Walls
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17 recordings of sacred songs, many by Toronto composers including 3 by Lenka Lichtenberg. Virtuosic performances by artists from 6 countries. Recorded live in 12 Czech and Moravian synagogues. An exquisite 32-page booklet with stunning photographs by Romana Rysava includes brief history of each synagogue and the Jewish community that had bulit it. NOTE: This edition, released in November, 2012, is in English, with prayer titles in Hebrew. Look under "projects" tab for much more info.

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Pisne pro dychajici steny/Songs for the Breathing Walls. Knizecka  cesky a anglicky.
  • Pisne pro dychajici steny/Songs for the Breathing Walls. Knizecka  cesky a anglicky.
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Toto vydani obsahuje 32-strannou pruvodni knizecku napul v cestine, zahrnujici strucnou historii 12 ceskych a moravskych synagog, kde byl projekt natocen, jakoz i nadherne fotografie Romany Rysave. 17 posvatnych pisni s prevazne soudobou hudbou, komponovanou ci aranzovanou Lenkou Lichtenberg.  Vyslo 1. cervna 2012. 
An exquisite 32-page booklet with stunning photographs by Romana Rysava. 12 synagogues, 17 recordings of sacred songs, many by Toronto composers including 3 by Lenka Lichtenberg. Virtuosic performances by artists from 6 countries. Booklet in Czech and English includes brief history of each synagogue and the Jewish community that had bulit it. This edition released June 1, 2012.

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Fray
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Award-winning album of original songs, arrangements in Yiddish and English. Released in 2010. For much more about Fray, please look under the "PROJECTS" tab, and look for Fray and Embrace (same band :-)

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Pashtes [simplicity]
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The evocative verse of acclaimed poet, Simcha Simchovitch, is married to Lenka Lichtenberg's original music. Classical guitarist Brian Katz provides arrangements and co-produces album with Lichtenberg. Recorded with Canada Council for the Arts "Special Recording Grant". 2006.

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Open the Gate
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12 original songs in English and French. Produced by Levon Ichkhanian. The recording was made possible through the Assistance of the Canada Music Fund and the Music Section of the Canada Council for the Arts.  2003.

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Deep Inside
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Half original songs in English, half luscious arrangements of traditional Yiddish songs. Produced by Ken Whiteley. Recorded with the assistance of FACTOR. 1999.

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Sheynville Express
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Sisters of Sheynville: album of Yiddish swing and traditional songs. Several key arrangements by Lenka Lichtenberg, notably Sheyn vi di levone, Di grine kuzine. Produced by Eric Stein. 2007. 

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BUY THROUGH DISTRIBUTORS:

Shop on iTunes (Yiddish Journey, Embrace, Breathing Walls, Fray, more...)
Shop on Amazon.ca

Buy Yiddish Journey on iTunes: here
Buy Embrace on Amazon.com: ...here
Buy Embrace on CDBaby: ..here
Buy Songs for the Breathing Walls on CDBaby: ...here
Buy Fray on CDBaby: ...here
Buy Pashtes [simplicity] on CDBaby:  ...here

For a limited time, you can choose to buy from Lenka directly on this page, both downloads and physical CDs for all eight albums to-date, at a lower price than through distributors. Shipping within 48 hours (please check shipping times through distributors; times vary widely). Lenka's first two albums, Deep Inside and Open the Gate, are available only from this site.

NOTE: customers in Czech Republic:  to buy from Czech distributor in local currency, please go to this page (cesky!)  Cesti pratele zakaznici- prosim navstive tuto stranku: cesky!

ALBUM DOWNLOADS THROUGH THIS STORE:

Live in America, Yiddish Journey, Lullabies from Exile  - coming soon
At this point, you can download  those albums through my band camp or on iTunes and Amazon, links above. 

EMBRACE DOWNLOAD

EMBRACE

lenka lichtenberg & fray

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Nominated for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award, World Solo Artist of the Year, Lenka's latest album is already collecting rave reviews: "...outstanding new production… effective song writing and unaffected vocals, as well as very effective yet unfussy, lush-sounding, instrumentation... crystalline singing... superb performances by Lichtenberg’s

Nominated for 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award, World Solo Artist of the Year, Lenka's latest album is already collecting rave reviews: "...outstanding new production… effective song writing and unaffected vocals, as well as very effective yet unfussy, lush-sounding, instrumentation... crystalline singing... superb performances by Lichtenberg’s band, Fray, and guest musicians…" (Andrew Timar, The WholeNote) - see "Press for more. Released in 2013 at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio. Nine original songs and two arrangements of traditional material, in English, Yiddish, Hebrew, often with "world fusion" or world jazz elements. Co-produced with Alan Hetherington. Features Fray band - Toronto's top world musicians- and outstanding international guest musicians.

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FRAY DOWNLOAD

Fray

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Lenka's fourth album was nominated for the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards (World Music Artist of the Year, solo). Recorded in Prague and Toronto. Songs in Yiddish and English, mostly Lenka's compositions (9) and arrangements. World music vibe with tabla, oud, pandeiro, qanun and ney, as well as more traditional instruments, guitar, violin,

Lenka's fourth album was nominated for the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards (World Music Artist of the Year, solo). Recorded in Prague and Toronto. Songs in Yiddish and English, mostly Lenka's compositions (9) and arrangements. World music vibe with tabla, oud, pandeiro, qanun and ney, as well as more traditional instruments, guitar, violin, clarinet. Co-produced with Alan Hetherington. Alexis Basque (cornet); Kevin Fox (violoncello); John Gzowski (guitars, oud, bouzouki); Alan Hetherington (pandeiro, drums, percussion); George Koller (bass); Ravi Naimpally (tabla, darbuka); Tomas Liska (bass); Kinneret KiKi Sagee (clarinet); Alexander Shonert (violin); Ernie Tollar (ney, bansouri, soprano sax).

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    Es khlipen di malokhim (Weeping Angels)

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    Hey, tsigelekh (Hey, Little Goats)

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PASHTES DOWNLOAD

Pashtes [simplicity]

Lenka Lichtenberg & Brian Katz

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New Yiddish music. Poems by Simcha Simchovitch set to music by Lenka Lichtenberg. Arrangements Brian Katz and Lenka Lichtenberg. Produced by Lenka and Brian. 2006. Critically acclaimed, with airplay on world music stations around the world.

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SONGS FOR THE BREATHING WALLS DOWNLOAD

Songs for the Breathing Walls

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Winner: 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards - Traditional Singer of the Year. Recorded live in 12 Czech and Moravian synagogues, 72 minutes of music, 17 songs. With: Yair Dalal, Christian Dawid, David Doruzka, Peter Gyori, Alan Hetherington, Anwar Khurshid, Ravi Naimpally, Zita Petrak, Tomas Reindl, Alexander Shonert, Rasto Uhrik. PDF liner notes

Winner: 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards - Traditional Singer of the Year. Recorded live in 12 Czech and Moravian synagogues, 72 minutes of music, 17 songs. With: Yair Dalal, Christian Dawid, David Doruzka, Peter Gyori, Alan Hetherington, Anwar Khurshid, Ravi Naimpally, Zita Petrak, Tomas Reindl, Alexander Shonert, Rasto Uhrik. PDF liner notes (32-page booklet), including photos, now available. NOTE: Songs for the Breathing Walls is a project bringing together music, and the history of places and communities. The music, while powerful, on its own tells only a half of the story. If you can, buy the CD with the booklet. See the Breathing Walls page for more...(under tab "Projects"). Funded partially through crowd-funding.

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BRIDGES LIVE DOWNLOAD

Bridges: Live at Lula lounge

Lenka Lichtenberg & Roula Said

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Live album recorded at Toronto's Lula Lounge in April, 2011. Chris Gartner, bass; John Gzowski, oud, guitars; Alan Hetherington, pandeiro, percussion, drums; Lenka Lichtenberg, vocals, hand drum, co-leader; Ravi Naimpally, tabla; Kinneret KiKi Sagee, clarinet; Roula Said, vocals, darbuka, qanun, dance; Ernie Tollar, ney, bansouri, sax. Released:

Live album recorded at Toronto's Lula Lounge in April, 2011. Chris Gartner, bass; John Gzowski, oud, guitars; Alan Hetherington, pandeiro, percussion, drums; Lenka Lichtenberg, vocals, hand drum, co-leader; Ravi Naimpally, tabla; Kinneret KiKi Sagee, clarinet; Roula Said, vocals, darbuka, qanun, dance; Ernie Tollar, ney, bansouri, sax. Released: March 2012.

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OPEN THE GATE DOWNLOAD

Open the Gate / ouvre la porte

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Original songs in English and some French. Lyrics and Music by Lenka Lichtenberg. Released in 2003. Produced by Levon Ichkhanian.

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