Arborea and Mariee Sioux Summer Tour

Arborea and Mariee Sioux on tour, Louisville Kentucky, August 2012. Photos by Buck Curran, post processing by Shanti Curran. Group photo by Shylah Curran

51st Philadelphia Folk Festival, August 2012

51st Philadelphia Folk Festival, Saturday August 18th at the Lobby Stage (photos by Frank Reis), Sunday August 19th, Craft Stage photo by Nick Fuhr

Arborea's '78 Project'

Recording on acetate with 'The 78 Project' (Alex Steyermark and Lavinia Jones Wright)Saturday, August 18th, 2012 during the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Photos by Frank Reis

Arborea's Purple Fender Stratocaster @ 51st Philadelphia Folk Festival

Arborea performed two sets of music at this year's 51st Philadelphia Folk Festival and as with most of our tours over the past 6 years, my Purple Fender Stratocaster is the most reliable instrument I perform with. She's made of parts...an early 90's American Strat body with a late 90's Strat Plus neck, Texas Special pickups, and a blocked off American Standard tremelo bridge. Photo by Frank Reis

Arborea's Summer Tour 2012 (Dates with Mariee Sioux)

June
(29) Lompoc Cafe/Bar Harbor, ME
July
(27) Trinity Episcopal Church (w/Christopher Paul Stelling)/Lewiston, ME
August
(4) Fete Music Series/Providence, RI
(16) Dream Away Lodge/Becket, MA
(18-19) Philadelphia Folk Festival/78 Project
(24) Uncle Slayton's (w/Mariee Sioux)/Louisville, KY
(30) The Basement (w/Jeff Zentner, William Tyler + Mariee Sioux)/Nashville, TN
(31) Lulu's Coffeehouse (w/Mariee Sioux)/Watertown, TN
September
(1) Jack of the Wood (w/Mariee Sioux)/Asheville, NC
(4) Motorco Garage Bar (w/Mariee Sioux)/Durham, NC
(5) Nightlight (w/Mariee Sioux)/Chapel Hill, NC
(18) Sycamore Bar & Flowershop/Brooklyn, NY
(21) Frontier Cafe/Brunswick, ME
(22) Lompoc Cafe/Bar Harbor, ME

Shanti Self-Portrait, Summer 2012
Photo © 2012 Shanti Curran

Summer Portrait

Summer Portrait, Maine August 2012
Photo by Shylah Curran

Shanti's new Dismal Ax 'Banjimer'

Here are some photos of Shanti's Stunning new Dismal Ax 'Banjimer' made by Tennessee based instrument maker George Downing. Shanti will be bringing it along on our Southern Tour dates! She used it for the first time last night in Providence!

Photo of Shanti © 2012 Buck Curran

Robbie Basho "Cathedrals Et Fleur De Lis" on KQED TV 1971

Film discovered of Robbie Basho performing "Cathedrals Et Fleur De Lis" and "Kowaka D' Amour" on KQED TV (1971) Also, the Robbie Basho tribute 'We Are All One, In The Sun' curated and produced by Arborea is now available in a Beautiful 180 gram vinyl edition from alt vinyl. Performances by Meg Baird, Glenn Jones, Helena Espvall, Arborea, Fern Knight, Cian Nugent, Steffen Basho Junghans, and Rahim Alhaj. This is a Limited Edition pressing of only 300 copies Worldwide.