Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird

Daniel Kahn during a concert with his group in Luxembourg (January 2013)

Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird is a Germany-based klezmer band founded by the American singer, songwriter, and actor Daniel Kahn, originally from Detroit, Michigan. The band was formed in 2005 and is based in Berlin. They have released five albums through German world music label Oriente Musik.

Their music is described as "a mixture of Klezmer, radical Yiddish song, political cabaret and punk folk".[1]

Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn was born on September 11, 1978, in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, where he studied Theater, Playwriting, Poetry and Politics.

Discography

  • The Broken Tongue (Chasma Records, 2006;[2] re-released Oriente Musik, 2009)
  • Partisans & Parasites (Oriente Musik, 2009)
  • Lost Causes (Oriente Musik, 2010)
  • Bad Old Songs (Oriente Musik, 2012)
  • The Butcher's Share (Oriente Musik, 2017)

Citations and References

  1. ↑ http://www.paintedbird.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=54&lang=en
  2. ↑ http://www.chamsarecords.com/cd.php?id=10

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