With inventive vocal harmonies and a treasurean treasure trove of banjos, bottles, squeezeboxes and horns, three multi-instrumentalists have taken on the task of reinterpreting Tom Waits’ music. At the intersection of tragedy and comedy VKB createscreate a seductive and adventurous sound, reflecting the bands’’s motley background: a daughter of a medicine man and a vaudeville actress, a business career dropout, and an orphan in a carnival troupe.
The name, VKB, comes from a Woody Allen film about the relationship between three women and a man – a reference to the trio and their love of Waits’ music. Here’s a strong sisterhood as well; VKB strivesstrive to show the influence of co-author Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits’ wife, in their interpretations.
Photo Albie Mitchell