Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird is a German-based klezmer band founded by the American singer, songwriter, and actor Daniel Kahn, originally from Detroit, Michigan. The band was formed in 2005 and is based in Berlin. They have released five albums through German world music label Oriente Musik.
Their music is described as "a mixture of Klezmer, radical Yiddish song, political cabaret and punk folk".
Daniel Kahn was born on September 11, 1978, in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, where he studied Theater, Playwriting, Poetry and Politics.