A Detroit area native, Daniel Kahn attended the University of Michigan where he studied acting, directing, playwriting and poetry. After finishing his studies he lived, played music, recorded, acted, directed plays and composed theatre music in New Orleans, Detroit, New York and Ann Arbor.
In summer 2005 Daniel moved to Berlin, and, within a very short space of time, became an integral part of the city's folk and klezmer scene, playing in different groups and musical projects. As a corollary, he soon formed his own band, featuring a rotating roster of the best young Klezmer and Balkan players from Berlin and New York.
The Painted Bird concocts a mixture of Klezmer, radical Yiddish song, political cabaret and punk folk, cohered by Kahn's amazing abilities both as a songwriter and a performer; telling stories of outrageous incidents and uncommon people; poetically dark, tragically humorous and politically incorrect.
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DISCOGRAPHY
The Broken Tongue (2006), Oriente RIENCD73
Partisans & Parasites (2009), Oriente RIENCD71
Lost Causes (2011), Oriente RIENCD77
ausgezeichnet mit dem Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Jahrespreis 2010
Prelistening (© Oriente Musik)
Beyze Vintn (2006)
Migrant Chorale (2006)
The Most Laementable Ballade of Edward The Young (2006)
Yosl Ber / A Patriot (2009)
Rosen Auf Den Weg Gestreut / Embrace The Fascists (2009)
Dumai / "Think" (2009)
Mayn Rue Plats / Where I rest (2009)
Avreml the filcher / Avreml der Marvikher (2010)
Görlitzer Park (2010)
Klezmer Bund (2010)