UPCOMING SUMMER TOUR!

The Lithuanian Empire will soon reunite for our annual Canandian summer tour.  Look for us in Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto!  (See "Performances" page for more details) 

ALBUM!

The Lithuanian Empire is always pleased to take orders for their first full-length album. 

Read "Sweet Home Lithuania" - a review in The Forward by Ezra Glinter: http://www.forward.com/articles/11535/

And...

A review by Eric Zaidins on klezmershack.com: http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/tle/first/

LITHUANIAN EMPIRE CD A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION - The Canadian Jewish News

"Generally speaking, whenever a new klezmer album is released in Canada, it’s time for the Jewish community to celebrate. And with the Lithuanian Empire’s eponymous debut CD release next week, this time is no exception.

. . . The album has an open, jam-like feel to it, and you can almost see the musicians smiling at one another as they recorded, revelling in their music and likely laughing in their brief klezmerfied Led Zeppelin tribute halfway through the affair. Ranging in style from the opening a-capella Tisch Nign I through to the saucy, playful, up-tempo jaunts of Balkan Balabusteh, Sushi for Shabbes and aSHERville, to the closing niggun, Tisch Nign III, the Lithuanian Empire manages to interject an array of musical influences while still keeping that old-time klezmer feel."

Here's what some listeners had to say:

"Spectacular!" - Lisa Baldwin, Soprano

"A great group...you gotta watch them perform!" - Pete Rushefsky, Executive Director of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance"

"Stunning. truly...what a piece of work!" --Michael Alpert, Brave Old World

"Sexy!" -Dawn Lorentson, fan 

To purchase your copy online, please visit:

www.cdbaby.com/cd/lithuanianempire

OR...

Contact klezclarinet@gmail.com in Canada

Or beckywex@yahoo.com in the U.S.

To Listen: Please visit our Audio Page                                                                   

On-goings - CD Release Tour 2007!

A full house at Montréal’s Sala Rossa greeted the Lithuanian Empire with infectious cheers, as the band opened their week-long CD release tour. Shows in Ottawa and Toronto also proved to be a success. Members of the Empire later gathered to talk about their own impressions:

Eva: It was the best of times
Andy: It’s been going very well
Randy: One time, we played at a Russian Bar. It was red.
Kinneret: Was it red?
Randy: It was red.
Andy: Look, cat, it’s time for dinner. (Andy’s compositions have strayed from klezmer to cat food* jingles.)

The Lithuanians would like to thank everyone who made this journey a success: Julia and the rest of the Pellegrino’s staff, Joel, Avia Moore and Michael Alpert, the avant-garde Alex, Marc and A.C., and Barnaby, and all of our friends and family who came out to support us.  And many, many thanks to Rachel Lemisch for being the best trombone stand-in we could have hoped for.

*Andy would like to remind the audience that cat food is not kosher.