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Karpov

dark folk

About Me



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Member Since: 6/1/2005
Band Website: andrekarpov.com/theband.html
Band Members:

Andre Karpov vocals, guitar

Joe Lewis stand up bass

Aaron Novik clarinet, bass/soprano

Jarod Hermann drums, harmony vocals

Sam Tsitrin accordian

guest musicians:
ara anderson:trumpet and horn
rob reich:accordian
alex kelly:fender rhodes, cello
mark chung:violin
sarak jo zaharako:violin
victor lowrie:viola
ian shaul:banjo,slide guitar
sprite macon:harmony vocals
darren johnson:trumpet

management and booking contact:[email protected]

Influences:w. gutherie, b. dylan, s. MacGowan, n. young, t. waits, w. oldham, Italian, hungarian, russian folk songs
Sounds Like:Passionate Gypsy folk rock with dark Klezmer and Appalachian undertones
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The plant

Last night was our third and final day of recording at the plant in Sausalito the gods did not want us to finish so they conjured up a storm to take out the power leaving us stranded in the dark. Jo...
Posted by Karpov on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:34:00 PST

NYE (thank you note)

to all of those who attended the new years eve sold out show at amnesia. thank you thank you missionites, some lowerhaters a couple castrates and north leetchesand of course the pacific whities ...
Posted by Karpov on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:22:00 PST

and yet another (this time with naked women)

We don't normally support isolationist hippies here at Andr karpov and the kazaks but my friend Faye is throwing a fundraiser for her perma-culture commune in Argentina and we love Faye, so we offer...
Posted by Karpov on Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:07:00 PST

a show


Posted by Karpov on Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:55:00 PST

recording malfunction

A computer error rendered the past two weeks of our efforts obsolete, Aaron Novick was primed and ready to put clarinet over the beautiful recordings, when an unfortunate transfer of data decided t...
Posted by Karpov on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:31:00 PST

new album

We are in the studio, for the month of Sept. Studio meaning drummer Jarod's warehouse, The notorious Daniel Torpey has offered us his services as engineer extraordinaire. In-between day jobs; garden...
Posted by Karpov on Fri, 09 Sep 2005 05:55:00 PST

amnesia

flier completed for amnesia show, have a chest infection from breathing too much dust in one of three jobs currently wrking, looking forward to mini tour upto Mendocino to breathe fresh redwood air...
Posted by Karpov on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

who are the Kazaks?

Kazaks or Cossacks: for a detailed description of this fierce fighting squadron of saber wielding horsemen who lived and died to protect many a fat czar, please visit this site...
Posted by Karpov on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST