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The Kropotkins are a punk/Delta blues, New York-Memphis collaboration playing together since 1992, and this benefit marks their first performance in NY in 3 years.
The Kropotkins' new CD, Paradise Square, officially to be released in January, will be available at the show. It is only the third CD released by the group.
In 1991, Jonathan Kane and Dave Soldier discovered for themselves the fife-and-drum music of Sid Hemphill and Othar Turner in north Mississippi, and formed The Kropotkins, a band that introduced punk blues, using rickety banjo, bass drum, snare, and fiddle (Mark Feldman and Charlie Burnham) and slide guitar (Dog). The Kropotkins feature singer Lorette Velvette from Memphis and the classic punk drummer, Mo Tucker (Georgia, USA) of the Velvet Underground, a part now filled by Samm Bennett (Tokyo) or Alex Greene (Memphis). Though the band performs infrequently, due to the widespread domiciles of the players, it produced two cult favorite CDs and a third will soon be released with production and performance by Doug Easley (Memphis).
The Kropotkins at Poisson Rouge are:
Lorette Velvette (Hellcats, Tav Falco, recorded w. Sonic Youth, Jessie Mae Hemphill) vocals, guitar
Charlie Burnham (Cassandra Wilson, James Blood Ulmer, Henry Threadgill), violin
Dave Soldier (Thai Elephant Orchestra, Soldier String Quartet, John Cale, Bo Diddley), banjo
Dog (Mark Deffenbaugh) (John Cale, Souxie & the Banshees), guitar
Alex Greene (Iggy Pop, Jim Dickinson, Reigning Sound), bass drum
Jonathan Kane (February, Rhys Chatam, LaMonte Young, Swans), snare drum
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The Kropotkins' new CD, Paradise Square, officially to be released in January, will be available at the show. It is only the third CD released by the group.
In 1991, Jonathan Kane and Dave Soldier discovered for themselves the fife-and-drum music of Sid Hemphill and Othar Turner in north Mississippi, and formed The Kropotkins, a band that introduced punk blues, using rickety banjo, bass drum, snare, and fiddle (Mark Feldman and Charlie Burnham) and slide guitar (Dog). The Kropotkins feature singer Lorette Velvette from Memphis and the classic punk drummer, Mo Tucker (Georgia, USA) of the Velvet Underground, a part now filled by Samm Bennett (Tokyo) or Alex Greene (Memphis). Though the band performs infrequently, due to the widespread domiciles of the players, it produced two cult favorite CDs and a third will soon be released with production and performance by Doug Easley (Memphis).
The Kropotkins at Poisson Rouge are:
Lorette Velvette (Hellcats, Tav Falco, recorded w. Sonic Youth, Jessie Mae Hemphill) vocals, guitar
Charlie Burnham (Cassandra Wilson, James Blood Ulmer, Henry Threadgill), violin
Dave Soldier (Thai Elephant Orchestra, Soldier String Quartet, John Cale, Bo Diddley), banjo
Dog (Mark Deffenbaugh) (John Cale, Souxie & the Banshees), guitar
Alex Greene (Iggy Pop, Jim Dickinson, Reigning Sound), bass drum
Jonathan Kane (February, Rhys Chatam, LaMonte Young, Swans), snare drum