Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

Detroit native, singer, songwriter and stage actor Daniel Kahn, and his his group, The Painted Bird is an eclectic mix of punk cabaret, radical Yiddish song, Gothic American folk and Klezmer Danse Macabre – Verfremdungsklezmer.

Based in Berlin since 2005, Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird released their first album in 2006 entitled ‘The Broken Tongue’ to much acclaim. Singing in English, Yiddish and German, Kahn’s songs address political issues and Jewish social movements such as the Bund while accompanied with klezmer, punk and folk melodies.

Joined by upright bassist Michael Tuttle, drummer Hampus Melin and a rotating roster of international musicians such as Michael Winograd, Paul Brody and Dan Blacksberg, Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird have travelled around the globe to play for fans and comrades at rock clubs, theatres, festivals and shtetls.