Freeman Dre - songwriter, singer, guitar, banjo
LonTron Silver - mandolin, guitar, harmonica
Marlo Chaplin - piano, bass, drums, vocals, guitar, glockenspiel
Mookie Komatsu - drums
Terry Wilkins - bass
with some help from...
Tangi Ropars - accordion
Mark Marczyk - violin
Ada Dahli - vocals
Steven Foster - drums
Tamar Ilana - vocals
Laura Bates - violin
Ronen Seagall - accordion
Mike Romaniak - sopilka
John Williams - clarinet
Kelsey McNulty - accordion
Freeman Dre likes to spin a tale. An extraordinary
lyricist - voted best songwriter in NOW magazine’s 2010 reader’s poll - his
musical narratives are “full of vivid wordplay and rhapsodic rhyme schemes that
immediately command attention”
- AmericanaUK
Backed by a killer band, The Kitchen Party can be
anything from “sensitive folk rock with a European flair” to “highly
entertaining folk punk”
-Exclaim magazine
Old Town', a self- produced 10-song effort follows a loose conceptual arc; an immigration story, inspired by his own family history, chalk full of adventures that will leave you reminiscing for the old country and challenging the new. released 19 July 2012
