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Hi, it's Sam Beebe—aka Black Bear. I’ve just released a new album! “<a href="spotify:album:2OPDf2dAqp1iVxUXlYST2H" data-name="the dreaming's what carries you through">the dreaming's what carries you through</a>” is a deeply personal labor of love, in many directions.
The backstory: In 2006, I released my debut album, <a href="spotify:album:52HR09XkmWVg0FHrLBUOpP" data-name="The Cinnamon Phase">The Cinnamon Phase</a>—a bedroom indie project, just making songs full-hearted with whatever I could get my hands on.
In 2007, I put BB into hibernation. I was young and wanted to see the world. I moved to Germany for a year, where I met my future wife, <a href="spotify:artist:6nYmdohUjzOlRrT3ZU8cl9" data-name="Viki Peitchev">Viki Peitchev</a>. Together we moved to London, then NYC, where I got an MFA in Creative Writing at NYU. I was hired to stay on as a professor, and taught there for 10 years. Meanwhile, by word of mouth, The Cinnamon Phase was snowballing itself a fervent fanbase.
Over those years, Viki and I both lost our fathers, but in 2017 we gained a son. Inspired by his birth, I made the first Black Bear track in a decade—“Morning in the Mountains.” I also put out an EP of previously unreleased songs called <a href="spotify:album:7I1vnhtn5lJX79XKLcho8p" data-name="Uncovered Tracks">Uncovered Tracks</a>
Moving to Germany in 2020 offered me the space and time for the dream of making music again. I emerged from hibernation with the single @<a href="spotify:album:6jzwpBhi02wSKEnvlbSqR9" data-name="Black Bear, Pts. I & II (The New Dawn)">Black Bear, Pts. I & II (The New Dawn)</a> then set my sights on a new album, releasing several singles along the way. Viki and I began to collaborate—something we had always dreamed of doing.
All of the new tracks list @<a href="spotify:artist:2PzlTUOA3GtCRP65qKrhyZ" data-name="Night Falls">Night Falls</a> in the credits—a new artist moniker under which I intend to release more music in the future.
Thanks for listening. Feel free to reach out.
The backstory: In 2006, I released my debut album, <a href="spotify:album:52HR09XkmWVg0FHrLBUOpP" data-name="The Cinnamon Phase">The Cinnamon Phase</a>—a bedroom indie project, just making songs full-hearted with whatever I could get my hands on.
In 2007, I put BB into hibernation. I was young and wanted to see the world. I moved to Germany for a year, where I met my future wife, <a href="spotify:artist:6nYmdohUjzOlRrT3ZU8cl9" data-name="Viki Peitchev">Viki Peitchev</a>. Together we moved to London, then NYC, where I got an MFA in Creative Writing at NYU. I was hired to stay on as a professor, and taught there for 10 years. Meanwhile, by word of mouth, The Cinnamon Phase was snowballing itself a fervent fanbase.
Over those years, Viki and I both lost our fathers, but in 2017 we gained a son. Inspired by his birth, I made the first Black Bear track in a decade—“Morning in the Mountains.” I also put out an EP of previously unreleased songs called <a href="spotify:album:7I1vnhtn5lJX79XKLcho8p" data-name="Uncovered Tracks">Uncovered Tracks</a>
Moving to Germany in 2020 offered me the space and time for the dream of making music again. I emerged from hibernation with the single @<a href="spotify:album:6jzwpBhi02wSKEnvlbSqR9" data-name="Black Bear, Pts. I & II (The New Dawn)">Black Bear, Pts. I & II (The New Dawn)</a> then set my sights on a new album, releasing several singles along the way. Viki and I began to collaborate—something we had always dreamed of doing.
All of the new tracks list @<a href="spotify:artist:2PzlTUOA3GtCRP65qKrhyZ" data-name="Night Falls">Night Falls</a> in the credits—a new artist moniker under which I intend to release more music in the future.
Thanks for listening. Feel free to reach out.
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