Anita Lipnicka is a Polish

Poland

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 singer and songwriter. Her career as a singer started with Varius Manx

Varius Manx

Varius Manx is a Polish pop group, formed in Łódź in 1989 by composer Robert Janson. The name is a variation on the English word "various" plus Manx, the variety of cat. The band have sold more than 2 million albums in their native Poland....

, a band she joined in 1993. In 1996 she made a decision to pursue a solo career, she left the band and moved to London

London

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 where she made her first solo album.
The album was called "Wszystko się może zdarzyć" (Everything Can Happen) and was a huge success. In 1998 Lipnicka released her second solo album "To, co naprawdę" (What Is Real). In 2000 her third solo album appeared-"Moje oczy sa zielone" (My eyes are green).
In 2001 Lipnicka started to work with John Porter

John Porter (British-Polish musician)

John Porter is an English-born musician, composer and songwriter, living in Poland since 1976.Originally from Lichfield, after studying political science in Sussex and spending time in Berlin, Porter moved to Poland in the mid-1970s.He performs with his life partner Anita Lipnicka...

. Together they recorded two albums, "Nieprzyzwoite piosenki" (Indecent Songs) in 2003 and "Inside Story" in 2005. Both albums were all in English. The album Indecent Songs

Indecent Songs

Indecent Songs is an album released by a Polish-Welsh duo Anita Lipnicka and John Porter. In Poland the album is known as . Although released on the Polish market the album is all in English. All songs were written by Lipnicka and Porter....

won The Fryderyk

Fryderyk

The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...

 award for The Pop Album of the Year.
In 2006 they released a mini-disc called "Other Stories" and a collection of all their records plus a DVD with their videos called "All The Stories".

In February 2008 the duet released their third studio album "Goodbye" which is said to be their last album recorded together. Although they remain a couple in their private life, they decided to focus on their solo careeres. Later in 2008 the American singer and songwriter Chris Eckman

The Walkabouts

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 released his CD "The Last Side of the Mountain", duetting with Anita Lipnicka on the number "Who Will Light Your Path". As all other songs on the CD it is an adaptation of a poem by the Sloveninan poet Dane Zajc

Dane Zajc

Dane Zajc was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association , and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement...

.

Lipnicka and Porter have one daughter, Pola (born 24 February 2006). Anita Lipnicka is a sister of Arkadiusz Lipnicki, a member of Polish theater team 'Rafał Kmita Group'.

On 13th November Lipnicka released her solo album "Hard Land of Wonder". The first single from the album was "Car Door". The album became Gold.

Discography

with Varius Manx

• 1994 Emu
• 1995 Elf

Solo albums

• 1996 Wszystkiego się można spodziewac
• 1998 To co naprawdę
• 2000 Moje oczy są zielone POL #29
• 2009 Hard Land of Wonder POL #6

with John Porter

• 2003 Nieprzyzwoite piosenki POL #1
• 2005 Inside Story POL #2
• 2006 Other Stories POL #39
• 2006 All the Stories
• 2008 Goodbye POL #2

External Links

• Official Site in Polish