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.

1. Beyze Vintn (Reisen/Kahn - Gelbart) 04:45
2. The Broken Tongue (Kahn/Alpert - Kahn) 03:47
3. Yesterday Is Buried (S’iz Nito Keyn Nekhtn) (trad./Kahn) 03:38
4. Nakht Un Regn (Leyb - Gelbart/Kahn) 02:25
5. Migrant Chorale (Kahn - Kahn/Symons) 06:02
6. Ballad Of The “Jew’s Whore” Marie Sanders (Brecht/Kahn - Eisler) 03:08
7. Birch Meadow / Birkenau (Daniel Kahn) 03:49
8. Unter Di Khurves Fun Poyln (Manger - Beresovsky) 05:10
9. Son Of Plenty (Daniel Kahn) 02:09
10. The Most Laementable Ballade of Edward The Young (Kahn – Kahn/Winograd) 08:46
11. Man Of Plenty (Kahn – trad./Kahn/Winograd) 02:54
12. The Silver Window (Daniel Kahn) 03:31