Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity (Improvisations 2017-2022) by Buck Curran

Buck Curran's new album Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity (Improvisations 2017 - 2022) includes improvisations with Helena Espvall (Espers) on Cello (Gemini Sun, Gemini Rising), Jodi Pedrali (Slow Air) and with Japanese composer Hiroya Miura on piano (Mugen no Umi no Iro). The title of the album comes from a phrase used by Leonard Bernstein during the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures in 1973, in which he discusses the relevance of musical dissonance through the use of chromaticism: The Unanswered Question (Six talks at Harvard 1973) Lecture 4: The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity. The album is available at Obsolete Recordings Bandcamp , Spotify, and Apple Music

Ten Years Gone: A Tribute to Jack Rose

To honor Jack Rose on the 10th Anniversary of his passing Buck has produced and curated a tribute album featuring Mike Gangloff, Sir Richard Bishop, Micah Blue Smaldone, Helena Espvall, Isasa, Simone Romei, etc. The album has been released via Tompkins Square label and can be found at Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, etc.

Re-issue of 'We are All, One in the Sun: a Tribute to Robbie Basho on Obsolete Recordings

Today is the re-release via Obsolete Recordings of 'We are All One, In the Sun': a tribute to Robbie Basho feat. Glenn Jones, Meg Baird, Arborea, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Helen Espvall, Cian Nugent, Fern Knight, Rahim Alhaj. Buck started working on the production of this album in 2007 and it was first released by Important Records in 2010. The album made Acoustic Guitar magazine Best albums of 2010, Pitchfork 7.8, Mojo Magazine 4 Stars. Buck also wrote an extensive article about Basho 'Voice of the Eagle' for The Fretboard Journal that is worth checking out..it was published in 2012 in issue 24. Avail for streaming @ Spotify and iTunes

Colony Collapse

Craig Saddlemire's video 'Colony Collapse' featuring our song Black Mountain Road

Arborea's 2008 S/T cd Handmade Edition

We have a new batch of the Handmade edition of our 2008 S/T album For Sale (the album with Black Mountain Road and Red Bird). Each one is numbered and features a unique watercolor painting by Buck. These are created to help fund touring and recording costs and are a minimum Donation of $20 plus shipping. If interested please Email arboreamusic@gmail.com
The original album was put out by the Philadelphia label Fire Museum Records and that edition is Sold Out. The Handmade editions are from an overrun batch of original cds and feature numbered sleeves, track listing/credit insert and original artwork.
Helena Espvall plays cello on the songs Black Mountain Road and Red Bird.

For Lee Jackson In Space

Arborea has contributed a song to the Important compilation 'For Lee Jackson in Space'. The album was just released on June 4th, as a tribute to honor Lee Jackson and to benefit the Texas chapter of ALS. This tribute album came together in love and honor of Lee Jackson, writer, music fan, dear friend, who passed in late March 2012 after a struggle with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This collection of songs, nearly all of which are new or previously unreleased, comes from the many bands and musicians who Lee not only covered and celebrated with such passion, but also in many cases befriended over many years of correspondence, concert and festival attendance and more. The album's liner notes contain full information about each song as well as thoughts from Lee himself about the contributing artists, taken from his writing work. All profits will go to the Texas chapter of the ALS Association; web.alsa.org/DFW2012 has more information about their continuing work. Please feel free to join our Facebook discussion group at www.facebook.com/groups/323110634410498/ if you'd like to learn more about the remarkable man who we all dearly miss; there is also a direct link to this album in Facebook itself at www.facebook.com/ForLeeJacksonInSpace
The highlighted title of the album will take you to the Bandcamp site or you can past this into your browser
http://forleejacksoninspace.bandcamp.com/album/for-lee-jackson-in-space

Arborea 'Sun Room' Sessions - Philadelphia

Arborea w/Helena Espvall and Jesse Sparhawk performing 'Red Bird', 'Beirut', 'Spain' - 'Sun Room' Sessions,
Philadelphia March 2011 video by Derek Moench

Arborea @ Littlefield, Brooklyn

Arborea (w/Helena Espvall and Jesse Sparhawk) at Littlefield, Brooklyn March 3rd, 2011 photos by Derek Moench

Arborea @ WXPN Philadelphia

Arborea (w/Helena Espvall & Jesse Sparhawk) WXPN Session with Gene Shay 'Folk Show' and Fred Knittel 'Folkadelphia' 5 December 2010, Philadelphia
Photos by Derek Moench

Arborea (w/Helena Espvall & Jesse Sparhawk) Live @ Highwire Gallery, Philly

Arborea (w/Helena Espvall & Jesse Sparhwak) @ Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia 4 December 2010. Photos by Derek Moench

Arborea (w/Helena Espvall & Jesse Sparhawk) Live @ Highwire Gallery

Arborea- Highwire Gallery 12/4/2010 part 2 from fire museum records on Vimeo.

Arborea with Helena Espvall & Jesse Sparhawk live @ Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia 4 December 2010. Music 'Awakenings' and 'Black is the Colour'. Video courtesy Steven Tobin/Fire Museum Records.

Robbie Basho tribute record 'We are all one, In the Sun'

Today is the release date of the Robbie Basho tribute 'We are all one, In the Sun' that Buck has curated and produced, and is out on the incredibly fine imprint Important Records. The tribute features Steffen Basho Junghans, Meg Baird, Arborea, Glenn Jones, Fern Knight, Helena Espvall, Cian Nugent, and Rahim Alhaj...with additional digital tracks by Yair Yona, Joseba Irazoki and Cam Deaz. The gorgeous Cover Art is by Shanti Curran
For more info go here -
Important Records Basho Tribute

Robbie Basho

photo by Ron May

Buck has curated a tribute to Robbie Basho, a labor of love that will be released by Important Records in early 2010. The record is titled We Are All One, In the Sun and will feature Meg Baird, 2 pieces by Steffen Basho Junghans (to celebrate all of his hard work in keeping the memory of Robbie Bahso Alive), Glenn Jones, Arborea, Cian Nugent, Helena Espvall, Fern Knight, and Rahim Alhaj. There will also be additional tracks by Yair Yona, Joseba Irazoki, and Cam Deas available as part of a digital album version. The album will be dedicated to Jack Rose.

For more info on Robbie Basho visit the Robbie Basho Archives maintained by Steffen Basho Junghans: Basho Archives or go here http://www.bluemomentarts.de/bma/rbasho/en/

and visit Important Records

Helena Espvall

Photos by Buck Curran