BIO: Kenny Klein is a musician, writer, and photographer currently living in Los Angeles. He plays guitar and fiddle, sings, photographs moody women and abandoned buildings, and writes introspective poetry and rambling fantasy, but not all on the same day.
MUSIC: Born in the squalid depths of New York City, Kenny left his native home to spend ten years (on and off) travelling the U.S. playing music at Renaissance festivals, cafes, concert halls and anywhere else that would pay him. After a while he decided to settle down, and to his shock and amazement found himself doing this in L.A. He now lives in Silverlake with his loving wife Anna, a psychotic cat, a few fiddles, and the snails.
Currently, Kenny does his solo show at renaissance festivals (see schedule for upcoming gigs). He plays guitar and fiddle for his own Bluegrass/Irish band, The Long Goners, and with several other Coutry bands. As his "day job," Kenny develops performances, and perform them, for Enrichment Works, a non-profit that puts on educational plays for school aged audiences. He also does school assemblies and library shows for students from elementary through high school levels on pirates, the California Gold rush, Shakespere and Elizabethan England, and a few other facets of history.
PHOTOGRAPHY: If you are an art lover, or very bored, visit Kenny's photography gallery; sensual, moody photos of women, a series on the American Southwest and a very creepy series on graveyards of the Bahamas.
WRITING: In March of 2004, Kenny's poetry was featured on the Poetry Superhighway web site. His work is archived there under "past poets." Or just read it on the writing page. Heck, you're already here.
I have a calendar of upcoming shows on my Myspace page. I will try to keep it as current as possible, so simply click the link and see all of my upcoming shows and events.
My newest CD release is Meet Me In The Shade Of The Maple Tree, the world's first CD of Pagan Bluegrass music! You can order CDs from the Music page. There are MP3s of songs from each CD on that page as well. You'll also find downloadable MP3s on my Myspace site. They're a tease, really, but isn't Myspace like that?
Update: March of '08. I will be at Escondido, Ojai, and a few weekends of Southern this spring. This Summer is still shaping up, but it looks like Free Spirit and WicCan Fest are in the mix, as well as Sacred Harvest festival in Minnesota, and GenCon in Indianna, in August.
I have a show of my photography coming up in April at a gallery/salon in Orange County. The show will run from April 9 to May 20 at Circa 92 Salon, 31 East MacArthur Crescent, Santa Anna CA 92707. www.circa92.com. Have your hair done while you're there.
Kenny
Klein
1146 North Madison Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
323-369-2649
