The Kropotkins

Any self-respecting fan of downtown music could tell you that a project involving drummer Jonathan Kane, multi-instrumentalist David Soldier and violinist Charlie Burnham is bound to be both intensely eclectic and a whole lot of fun. Formed in the early ’90s and resurrected more recently, the Kropotkins purvey a wild, fantastical blend that draws equally on postmodern Tom Waits–ian clatter and Mississippi fife-and-drum music.