Lenka Dusilová has won numerous awards throughout her long career, marked by eclecticism and artistic standards that stand out in the formatted world of show business. Since her debut at the age of just sixteen, the Czech singer and songwriter has collaborated with several renowned formations such as the rock groups Lucie and Pusa, or the folk rock group Čechomor.
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Several times voted best Czech singer in various musical surveys, Lenka Dusilová has always multiplied research, experimentation and artistic encounters. Among other examples, she recorded a rock album in the United States, before collaborating with Czech jazz musicians and also experimenting with electronic music.
Řeka arrives nine years after her last solo album, proof that Lenka Dusilová takes her time in all her musical projects, indifferent to the productivity demands of the recording industry. The album is the result of a rich collaboration with many artists which allows the different compositions to reflect the diverse musical worlds from which they all come. The result is an album with different atmospheres but which complement each other harmoniously. Among the beautiful surprises of Řeka, a song that brings together two other big names in Czech music: Monika Načeva and Iva Bittová, two other singular artists.
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As described by a music critic in the daily Lidové noviny, “The album evokes a film soundtrack. It emphasizes above all the creation of an atmosphere and a kind of flow of images which, in this specific case, takes place in the mind of the listener. Yes, a flow – it’s not for nothing that the album is called Rivière. The album is actually an hour-long continuous stream of music. “