Caravan of Thieves October 22, 2011

On the Caravan of Thieves' debut album, Bouquet, they creep around like a band of gypsies in the night fog at a carnival. Somehow the songs simultaneously fit the moods of the smiling little children at the clown show, the men on dates with their mistresses, the gang of kids spooking the horses and also the Ferris wheel full of people that just came unhinged.

Fuzz and Carrie San Giovanni, the band's Bridgeport-based singer/songwriter core, are life-long performers who can't stop writing tricky little masterpieces for their band of traveling circus rascals. Add the wailing violin ticklings of Ben Dean and the wiggly but sturdy backbone of Brian Anderson's double bass, and you’ve got one of the area’s most theatric, unique and most successful world-touring – and completely independent – bands. They're not bluegrass. They're not alt-country. They're not just gypsy jazz. They're all of that — with some John, Paul, George and Freddie Mercury thrown in.

"With this band, songwriting is never a daunting task," Fuzz says. Carrie agrees. "Things just flow out now," she says, "because we can really open our imaginations."

"On stage we capture a very specific vibe," Fuzz says. "It's not just us playing our songs; it's a whole visual thing too. We can be very colorful, very wild, very free and that's our vision for the band."

Come out and welcome our hometown Gypsy heroes back to StageOne, which they’ve crafted into a dingy old alley for their CD release party and a graveyard for Halloween. All year they’ve been hard at work on a new album (with much of its funding raised by friends and fans on Kickstarter.com) so come ready to hear exciting new tunes and share in the joy that will soon be Funhouse, their forthcoming.

“When it comes to this Caravan Of Thieves the only thing you have to worry about them stealing is your heart, as their music sweeps you across the dance floor and then bounces your around quite a bit.” – Blog Critics Magazine

“There's something about the band's witty, spirited gypsy folk-jazz that is so new and yet so familiar all at once.” – Washington Post