Olenka and the Autumn Lovers was formed by Krakus in early 2008 in London, Ontario,[1] and named after her favourite season.
Krakus collected a long list of musicians based in the London Ontario and Vancouver BC scenes.
The band recorded a batch of songs in the summer of 2012 with Simon Larochette at his studio The Sugar Shack[7] (former home of Andy Magoffin's House of Miracles).
[3] The Autumn Lovers continued to perform, now based on the west coast; a 2015 tour in western Canada included London's Home County Folk Festival.
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers have also performed at NXNE (North by Northeast), Pop Montreal, CMW (Canadian Music Week), Stereophonic, In The Dead Of Winter, [(2015), and LOLA (The London Ontario Live Arts Festival).