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Article: Interview

Ken Field & The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: The Musical Road Less Taken

Read "Ken Field & The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: The Musical Road Less Taken" reviewed by Tod Smith


Saxophonist/composer Ken Field describes the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble as a “funk and street beat brass band playing New Orleans and other modern improvised celebratory styles." Playing original compositions and those of artists as diverse as Billy Idol and Ornette Coleman, the RSE was formed in 1990 to entertain a at a pagan women's ritual celebration. The ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble in Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Worldwide!

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble in Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Worldwide!

It's a difficult time, and doubly so for small independent record companies like our Maryland-based label Cuneiform Records. Not only are sales down due to the economy--CD burning and illegal free download sites are cutting significantly into the market. You can support dedicated and creative independent music businesses by buying a CD or two, and of ...

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Article: Year in Review

Publisher's Top Picks for 2008

Read "Publisher's Top Picks for 2008" reviewed by Michael Ricci


It was another productive year for “Team AAJ" as we delivered some new features and upgraded several others across the website. We also beefed up our editorial staff to better manage the increasing number of contributors. The programming staff (Mike Lorenz and myself) continued to build on our foundation that has firmly established AAJ as the ...

Album

Forked Tongue

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Just A Closer Walk; Slots; Little Lisa Jane; The Large S; Chippie; Give Me Jesus; Down By The Riverside; Que Sera Sera; White Wedding; Minor Vee.

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Article: Album Review

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue

Read "Forked Tongue" reviewed by Joel Roberts


What do Billy Idol, Ornette Coleman and Doris Day have in common? One thing at least: They’re all fodder for the creative madness of the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (RSE), the wildly eclectic, uproariously entertaining Boston-based group that offers a post-modern, Sun Ra-meets-Mardi Gras twist (down to their outrageous costumes) on the New Orleans brass band tradition. ...

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Article: Album Review

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue

Read "Forked Tongue" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il Revolutionary Snake Ensemble di Ken Field conferma con questo eccitante Forked Tongue la buonissima impressione che ci aveva lasciato col disco di esordio Year of the Snake (uscito per Innova nel 2003). La trama di fondo è sempre quella delle marching band di New Orleans ma gli sviluppi dell’azione ci portano inesorabilmente ben oltre i ...

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Article: Album Review

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue

Read "Forked Tongue" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Feel good. It's okay to feel good in these days of war, floods, pestilence, and (insert the current price of) gasoline. Certainly the tradition of jazz, especially New Orleans jazz, tells us to celebrate the moment, even if that moment is minutes after you've buried a love one. For that you must have a brass band ...

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News: Recording

Download Two Free MP3's from the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's "Forked Tongue" and "Year of the Snake"

Download Two Free MP3's from the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's "Forked Tongue" and "Year of the Snake"

Download two free MP3s from Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's Forked Tongue and Year of the Snake. Under the Skin Revolutionary Snake Ensemble From Forked Tongue 3:00 Central Square Revolutionary Snake Ensemble From Year of the Snake 05:51 About Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Dressed a la Mardi ...

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Under the Skin

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Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2008
Duration: 3:00

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Song of the Day

Central Square

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Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2003
Duration: 05:51


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