Band Members from left to right:
Aaron Novik, Jarod Hermann, Andre Karpov, Sam Tsitrin, Joe Lewis

Karpov mixes rock, waltz, klezmer, and country for their own creative, passionate style of Indo-European folk balladry- dark, intense and deeply personal, their songs are built to inspire and uplift. With the bands' five members roots originating from all over the former Soviet bloc, the melancholic beauty of Eastern Europe is as much of an inspiration for the band as it is a homeland. Lead singer and guitarist Andre Karpov writes lyrics infused with the gray-green sea mists of Mendocino, California, where he grew up, and Latvia, where his family is from - and where his uncle, a political activist, died. The Band lives works and performs in the Mission District of San Francisco.

The band formed when Andre Karpov met Joe Lewis, who plays upright bass, Aaron Novik, who plays soprano and bass clarinet, and Jarod Hermann, who plays drums and sings harmony vocals. Accordionist Sam Tsitrin is the newest addition to the lineup.

Karpov recorded parts of Soliloquy at the famous Record Plant in Sausalito. Collaborating with many other gifted musicians (lap steel guitarist Ian Shaul, trumpeter and baritonist Ara Anderson, accordian player Rob Riech and Fender Rhodes and cello by Alex Kelly), Karpov managed to channel the spirits of the many who passed before them at the Record Plant into their own unique sound. The album is by turns haunting and exhilarating.