#daniel kahn

[they-thespian666]

Day 1 whiteboard art <3

Also that last one is based on the song march of the jobless corps by Daniel Kahn and the painted bird

[base-and-superstructure]

"the ballad of how the jews got to europe" might genuinely be my fave daniel kahn song but i feel like it gets slept on... I <3 his songs that are sort of uncomfortable vs the ones that are more fun abt general lefty things yknow. "we are the middle men of Europe's modern earthly hell" sighs

[pattern-recognition]

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happy anniversary of the October Revolution, comrades

[rubecso]

I would like for tumblr to please pick Daniel Kahn as its next niche musical obsession please so I can have more stuff to reblog.

The last time I did this was with the Mechanisms and their fandom blew up right afterwards, so I would like this to happen again.

[palinasin]

i like folk punk, but its at its best when mixed w another kinda folksy genre

like klezmer folk punk

or jazz folk punk

or ska folk punk

or hip hop folk punk

like punk songs but acoustic are alright but i like these more yknow?

[corvidcrybaby]

current obsession

[bestcoversong]

Round 2

Pick the cover song you like better.

Hallelujah* by Daniel Kahn

Every Breath You Take** by Gloria Gaynor

Voting ended onJul 27

Vote solely on the cover versions, NOT the original songs.

Original artists included for clarification purposes only.

* originally by Leonard Cohen

** originally by The Police

[johannestevans]

For fellow Daniel Kahn and Psoy Korolenko fans, I really enjoyed this essay:

Songs to Make It Better – Daniel Kahn and Psoy Korolenko

Daniel Kahn is known for putting Woody Guthrie’s This Land is Your Land and Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah into Yiddish. Two…