Blackthorn recording artist Kenny Klein

phone 323-369-2649

Kenny Klein is a fiddler, guitarist, singer and all-around performer, a veteran of Renaissance Festivals,concert venues and smokey Country bars.

Well known for both serious songs and for his tongue-in-cheek, spry lyrics, Kenny performs such original songs as "Maria's Not A Catholic Anymore," "Goth Girl Blues," and his show ender "What Do You Do With An Old Dead Gerbil?". His stories of renaissance festival life and of the streets of New York are seriously funny.

Originally from New York City, Kenny has traveled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe, playing and collecting fiddle tunes and songs. He has played main stage shows and pub shows at Renaissance Festivals,including Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Scarborough Fair (Texas), Four Winds (Texas),and Northern California; He has performed in legendary folk bars and venues including Folk City (NYC) and Speakeasy (NYC), Ramblin Conrad's (VA), and Marie Poll's (L.A.). He's played with country bands in Missouri, Celtic bands in Belgium, and he's won fiddling championships in New York and Kansas.

To order KENNY KLEIN'S CDs, e-mail Kenny, or use the Paypal buttons. To hear MP3s, click the highlighted song.

My NEW CD, and as far as I know, the world's first CD of Pagan Bluegrass Gospel music!!! Pagan songs in a traditional Bluegrass style, featuring banjo, fiddle, dobro, mandolin, and of course vocals. Eleven songs, including Temple On The Stone, Let Me Sing, Diana's Moon, Maple Tree, High Ground.

Fairy Queen features both new songs and re-done songs in a dark wave, electronic style. Songs include Dead Gerbil, Fairy Queen, Herne The Hunter, Rowan and Bracken, Black Widow (the Goth Girl song) and Maria's Not A Catholic Anymore.

Little Birds Of Desire contains mostly acoustic versions of new songs and re-done songs, including The Old Woman Was A Gypsy, Epona (acoustic version), Fair Eloise And The Tinkers, Crystali, Bedlam Boys, and contains perhaps more Gypsy style fiddle than any previous CD.

On The Fourteenth Of May is a collection of traditional songs from England Ireland and Scotland, all performed acoustically on fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass. The Selkie, The Raggle Taggle Gypsies, Molly Malone, The Star Of The County Down, etc.

Barley Moon is a collection of mostly original tunes that include I'm Not Drunk, a new Goth Girl song, Loreli (acoustic), The Mermaid Of Van Nuys, Queen Of Night, The Mermaid's Comb, and the title song.

First released in '95, High Grows The Barley reflected my renaissance festival repertoire. Includes Fairy Queen (with me singing the lead), High Grows the Barley, John Barleycorn (seeing a theme here?), and Herne the Hunter (an old acoustic version).

A CD of original Pagan songs including Brothers Of The Forest, Sweeping Song, The Wind Blessing, and some recordings also on Barley Moon and Little Birds, compiled here for their Pagan or Mythic themes.