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The Broken Tongue by Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
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fave it Klezmer | Post-Punk
12 tracks | 50 minutes
Released Oct 2006
on Earthwork Music
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Beyze Vintn lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Beyze Vintn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Beyze Vintn
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 The Broken Tongue lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 The Broken Tongue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 The Broken Tongue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 Yesterday Is Buried lyrics FREE 03:38 Yesterday Is Buried lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 Yesterday Is Buried
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:25 Nakht Un Regn lyrics BUY MP3 02:25 Nakht Un Regn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:25 Nakht Un Regn
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 Birkenau lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 Birkenau lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 Birkenau
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 08:46 Ballad Of Edward The Young lyrics BUY MP3 08:46 Ballad Of Edward The Young lyrics "GIFT MP3" 08:46 Ballad Of Edward The Young
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 Man Of Plenty lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 Man Of Plenty lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 Man Of Plenty
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Alienation Klezmer Bund = Radical Yiddish Song + American Gothic Folk + Punk Cabaret + Klezmer Danse Macabre = Verfremdungsklezmer Bund
Bio / Background
Fronted by Jewish-Detroiter singer-songwriter Daniel Kahn on vocals, accordion, piano and guitar with East German Johannes Paul Graesser on fiddle, US expat composer Michael Tuttle on upright bass and a rotating roster of some of Berlin and New Yorks best young Klezmer and Balkan players, the band was formed in Berlin in fall of 2005. Guest artists on the CD include NY downtown Tsadik players Brandon Seabrook & Eric Rosenthal (Naftule's Dream), Holland's rising yiddish folk diva Niki Jacobs (Nikitov), and members of Berlin's "Grinstein's Mishpoche" and "Shikker Vi Lot." Like the grotesque Jerzy Kosinski novel from which they take their name, The Painted Bird reminds us that even if man is only an animal, he can still sing.