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Beat Circus: These Wicked Things
by Mark Sullivan
Boston-based band Beat Circus first got together in 2002, and in 2005 leader Brian Carpenter (the only constant member over the life of the band) began working on his Weird American Gothic trilogy of albums, which explore the rich culture of three American mythologies: The American Circus, Southern Gothic literature, and the Old American West. Dreamland (Cuneiform Records, 2008) was the first, followed by Boy From Black Mountain (Cuneiform Records, 2009). In 2012 Carpenter was commissioned by the ...
read moreThe Beat Circus: Ringleader's Revolt
by Javier AQ Ortiz
If one were to cast Howard Stern's Wack Pack as the band members of the traveling carnival of the outstanding HBO show Carnivàle, the music on Ringleader's Revolt could be envisaged with some ease as a soundtrack. Hell, even the cover art offers an inkling!
The Beat Circus operates on a musical boundary hardly ever performed live or even heard on record. Their performances on this release, however, have a jumping dramatic flair with a clear--almost visual--goal that ...
read moreCelebrate Cuneiform Records Download Week: Free MP3s by Wadada Leo Smith, Ergo, Zevious, Jason Adasiewic and Beat Circus
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Michael Ricci
Download five free MP3s courtesy of Cuneiform Records.
She Haunts Me (3:41) Ergo From: Multitude, Solitude Cuneiform Records South Central L.A. Kulture (4:50) Wadada Leo Smith From: Spiritual Dimensions Cuneiform Records Where's the Captain? (5:10) Zevious From: After the Air Raid Cuneiform Records Hide (4:26) Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown From: Varmint Cuneiform Records ...
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TUBAPALOOZA with Slavic Soul Party and Beat Circus at Zebulon
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All About Jazz
Saturday Nov 19th, 9PM TUBAPALOOZA with Slavic Soul Party and Beat Circus ZEBULON 258 Wythe Ave Williamsburg Brooklyn NO COVER!!! Zebulon, one of Brooklyn's best kept secrets, has been host to many big events since its opening, including a Butch Morris residency with drummer Kenny Wollesen's big band, and most recently the Tubapalooza series organized by tubist Ron Caswell. This fourth installment ...
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"The music and the wonderfully well-realized arrangements of Dreamland are, if anything, better than on the band's debut...the stylistically varied results make for a wonderfully imaginative record." -- Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
"Dreamland truly functions as a smorgasbord of the early twentieth-century music heard in both the old and new worlds. Carpenter possesses both vision and skill at execution in abundance." -- Michael Meade, Skyscraper Magazine
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The February Train
From: Boy From Black MountainBy Beat Circus