New Release & US Tour
Photo: Kristian Wanvik
Scandinavian Trio Dreamers’ Circus Bring Their Genre-Defying Music to the US
January 31 – February 9, 2022
Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania and California
New Single Streaming Today!
“Befal Du Dine Veje” (“Commit your way to the Lord”)
Dreamers’ Circus takes audiences to a magical and wondrous place, transcending genres and evoking vivid, colorful imagery by blending traditional Nordic folk with sounds from around the world.
Asheville Citizen Times
Folk-rooted but genre-defying in music that shifted through the playful and the sublime.
The Scotsman
New York, NY: January 14, 2022 -- The Nordic trio Dreamers’ Circus, winner of Kve Danish Music Awards, bring their otherworldly original tunes to the U.S for eight concerts, January 31 to February 9. The group is Nikolaj Busk on piano and accordion, Ale Carr on Nordic cittern and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, who also plays with the Danish String Quartet, on violin. Their music, inspired by and rooted in the traditional folk tunes of Northern Europe is also unmistakably contemporary, defying genre and categorization – a concoction of jazz, classical, traditional Scandinavian music, and more. “The watchword here is ‘expansive,” wrote the long-running Rootsworld, “for the trio crafts remarkably open vistas from humble means.” In other words, the three acoustic musicians on stage treat audiences to an unexpectedly lush, rhythmically intense, multilayered sound. The Dreamers’ outstanding musicianship and adventurous approach has made the band a favorite on the Nordic folk and world music scene, taking them on tours through Europe, Japan, Australia, and the US.
“We play a mix of newly composed music and traditional music that is rooted in where we are from -- Denmark and Sweden. We sometimes refer to it as ‘new Nordic’ music. Our name, Dreamers’ Circus, rebects, in part, what we are trying to do when we play,” says the band. “We aim to create music that can unlock the imagination and allow listeners to Knd in our melodies a space for dreaming.”
New Single Out Today
Available for Stream and Download:
https://dreamerscircus.lnk.to/befal
Dreamers’ Circus celebrated their tenth anniversary in 2020 with "Blue White Gold," their fourth (and most recent) full-length CD, which won the prestigious Danish 2021 Carl Prize for Composer of the Year (Roots music category). In anticipation of a limited release of “Blue White Gold” on vinyl in 2022, they are releasing several new tunes, including the one dropping today, which epitomizes their approach to music: personal, historical, and totally original. “Befal Du Dine Veje” (pronounced “BehFAHL doo deena VIE”) is a hymn tune that likely originated in Germany in the early 17th century. The title does not translate readily into English, but the gist is, “Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him, and he will act."
The band encountered the tune on an extraordinary trip to the remote Faroe Islands in 2018. They were there for a shoot with Danish TV legend Søren Ryge, known for his many depictions of the natural world and the people who live in remote places. “One day, something happened that wasn’t planned,” recalls Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. "Twelve men from the village were about to embark on their annual trip across the mountain with a dozen rams; the animals spend the summer on some extremely steep mountain sides (where the grass is especially nutritious) before they are picked up in the fall. We were asked if we wanted to join the adventure, and of course the answer was yes! But before we left on what is quite a dangerous trip (we didn’t follow them on the steepest passages), the men gathered close together to observe a centuries-old tradition: singing a hymn. On this occasion, they sang Befal Du Dine Veje, and hearing those old voices in the green Faroese mountains made such a tremendous impression on us, it inspired us to do our own version of the melody.”
US Tour Dates, Jan 31- Feb 9, 2022
"We are looking forward to touring again in the United States. We love the interaction with American audiences and their openness to what we do musically. We also enjoy the fact that for many people, this is really their Irst exposure to music from the Nordic world.” --Dreamers' Circus
Monday, January 31, 8:00 pm | Appleton WI
World Music Series, Lawrence University - Tickets
Tuesday, February 1, 7:30 pm | Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Landmarks Center - Tickets
Thursday, February 3, 8:00 pm | Kennett Square, PA
Longwood Gardens - Tickets
Saturday, February 5, 7:00 pm | Costa Mesa, CA
Philharmonic Society of Orange County - Tickets
Sunday, February 6, 7:30 pm | Saratoga, CA
Montalvo Arts Center - Tickets
Tuesday, February 8, 8:00 pm | Santa Barbara, CA
UC Santa Barbara - Tickets
Wednesday, February 9, 6:30 pm & 8:30 pm - San Diego, CA
La Jolla Music Society - Tickets
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