Lenka is an Australian singer-songwriter, most famous for her song "The Show", which has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy. Her vocal stylings offer a juxtaposition of catchy pop and layered, complicated world music influences. This juxtaposing is of late current in the popular music, spreading through the internet. Similar layering exists in the music of the anti-folk New York City artist Regina Spektor, or the French/Israeli/Tunesian tri-language singer-songwriter Yael Naim, or the eclectic Italian violinist/mandolinist Alessandro Mori, whose complicated yet accessible 2006 album bears the neologism of title: Unfolk, thereby inventing a catchall word for this new genre infectious, calculated pop synthesis. Lenka's eponymous album is the latest salvo it this ongoing process.
Her parents immigrated to Australia from Yugoslavia and are ethnic Croats. She was self-confessedly born and raised "in the bush", but as a 6-year-old child moved to Sydney, where she got her schooling, extensive music training, and started her music career.
Discography
Solo
Lenka (2008, LP)
With Decoder Ring
- Somersault (2004, LP)
- Fractions (2005, LP)
Singles
- "The Show" (2008) - #15 (ARIA Charts)
- "Trouble Is A Friend" (2008) [ click here for lyric ]
Quick Info
Born rural coastal New South Wales, Australia, 1978
Genre(s) Pop, "Un-folk"
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Voice, Piano, Vocoder
Years active 2008-present
Label(s) Epic Records
Associated acts Decoder Ring
Website lenkamusic.com
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