Gregory Page + Daniel Kahn + The Painted Bird

GREGORY PAGE

Gregory David Page was born in England. His Armenian and Irish parents met when they, separately, toured the Middle East with their bands. Page grew up in North London and studied classical guitar and composition & music theory at Trinity College of Music. He later moves to the United States and starts writing and recording his own music. He develops his own sound and appearance and grows into a masterful lyricist. His voice resembles that of Chet Baker and his beautiful music always contains a hint of melancholy without making you sad. A mixture of jazz, the music of the 20s and a certain folklore translated into 2011. Gregory works with friends such as AJ Croce and Jason Mraz.

DANIEL KAHN & THE PAINTED BIRD

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Since 2005, Berlin-New York's Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird have become an international cult phenomenon. Yiddish cabaret punk? Eastern Bloc folk rock? Alien klezmer? On 'Lost Causes', their third album, Kahn mixes beautiful, original songs such as 'Sunday After The War', 'Görlitzer Park' and 'Klezmer Bund' with his radical adaptations of Yiddish and German classics by masters such as Gebirtig ('March of the Jobless Corps', 'Avreml the Filcher') and Brecht ('Denn Wovon Lebt Der Mensch?'). He sings about unemployment, war, resistance and love with a sense of dark humor that hits you right in the heart.

Emma Goldman (American anarchist and feminist in the early twentieth century) once said: “If I can' t dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.” Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird suggest you do both.

Daniel Kahn - vocals & accordion

Jake Shulman-Ment - violin

Michael Winograd - clarinet

Dan Blacksberg - trombone

Paul Brody - trumpet

Hampus Melin - drums

Michael Tuttle - bass

Vanya Zhuk - guitar