Charming Hostess
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The pre-2002 Charming Hostess (also known as Charming Hostess Big Band) was a rock band that embraced a genderfuck sensibility (the women often wore mustaches while the men wore dresses). Early Charming Hostess music drew on women’s vocal traditions (primarily from Eastern Europe and North Africa), and integrated them with American folk forms both white and black. Charming Hostess was founded in the fertile anarchy of Barrington Co-op (aka Barrington Hall), and nurtured by the West Oakland arts community, along with other coeval bands such as Fibulator and Eskimo. Half of Charming Hostess was also in Idiot Flesh/Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. The final effect was of a hoedown where bodacious babes belted the blues in Bulgarian while a Punk-Klezmer band rocked out in accompaniment.
The genre of this incarnation of ChoHo is described by the band as “Klezmer-Punk/Balkan-Funk”. Recordings of Charming Hostess Big Band include ”Eat” (Vaccination, 1998) and the more recent ”Punch” (ReR, 2005) Charming Hostess Big Band was: Jewlia Eisenberg (voice, direction), Carla Kihlstedt (voice, fiddle), Nina Rolle (voice, accordion), Wes Anderson (drums), Nils Frykdahl (guitar, flute, saxophone, percussion), and Dan Rathbun (bass).”
Jewlia Eisenberg, Marika Hughes, Cynthia Taylor,
Jason Ditzian, Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith.
- plus, often Ganda Suthivarakom and/or Pameliya Kursten (all vocals).
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Sarajevo Blues
11,518 listeners15 tracks
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Eat
8,183 listeners14 tracks
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Punch
4,672 listeners13 tracks
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The Bowls Project: Secrets of the Apocalyptic Intimate
436 listeners17 tracks
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BynVacum
They're cool!
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igloopieface
I really didn't think I was going to like this. But I do... a lot.
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boundaryfuss
literally the greatest band in existence as of right this second
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drabreu
Bring back the Punch line-up and style!
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ArchNihil
I'm with you. Sounds retarded.
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dinaq400
anyone else vote on getting rid of the "nerdy-sexy-commie-girly" part?
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popefilter
Loving The Bowls. Hangman Devil Man and Demon Lover are two of my new favorite Charming Hostess songs. This album makes me want to hear CH collaborate with Nick Cave.
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nabraxas
This music leaves me searching ceaselessly for any just way to describe the immense appreciation that I feel for it : )
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insomniacme
sure
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Luci-kun
Mmmm....The Bowls Project is indeed the best I've had the pleasure of hearing so far this year, great work!
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Luci-kun
Can't wait for the bowls project to be released, got my preorder in! :3
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TheMuffinWoman
It's fuckin' awesome!
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IU_hurricane
this is probably te weirdest thing i've ever heard, and i've heard some weird things beautiful.
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Diothalamus
this is a cool find!
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RodeoRadio
Great discovery! Excellent, amazing and utterly lovely!
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epi_gee
LOVE IT !!!!!
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-cellardoor
Gorgeous music, I think I like "Klezsex" best.
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Ganimi
i got this band because i saw that they're from tzadik, so... good shit.
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Malamuitten
Sexed up Balkan. Mildly interesting.
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Grindfucked
some of the best, no doubt about that.
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