Immortal Light

'Immortal Light' The title track of Buck Curran's solo album featuring the beautiful and otherworldy vox of Shanti!  https://obsoleterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/immortal-light

Arborea on Spotify

Arborea's entire catalog is now up on Spotify! Check out our artist page at https://open.spotify.com/artist/3OSbCdYlnPD8IMgs9ZEGsG

Standing Rock Plain (Demo)

Standing Rock Plain (Lryics) Free Download via Bandcamp:
You pulled me close and kissed my goodbye
Said you'd see me next month, in the harvest moonlight
Travel safe my dear, don't get caught in the rain,
was the last thing you said, before I rode away

 (chorus) I'm Taking my horse to Standing Rock Plain
Where the sisters and brothers all sing in refrain
Let the Waters run clear on our ancestral land
Don't want no black oil, nor the pain that it brings
Cuz I'm making my way to Standing Rock Plain
Where the Great Sioux Nation all sing in Refrain
Don't want the black gold, nor the pain that it brings
Let the waters run clear on our ancestral land

Hope I see you my dear and our babies again
If the cops, armoured trucks don't haul us away
Please Mr President give us back our green Earth
No more black oil, machine, or red rust
(chorus)
They'd lay that pipeline a thousand miles long
Cut straight thru the bone of our sacred old home
and they'd lay that pipeline a thousand years more
pollutin' the waters with a future fargone
(chorus) ....if we don't take a stand for all the babes just born and we make our stand for all the children unborn

I'm Taking my horse to Standing Rock Plain
Where the sisters and brothers all sing in refrain
Let the Waters run clear on our ancestral land
Don't want no black oil, nor the pain that it brings
Cuz I'm making my way to Standing Rock Plain
Where the Great Sioux Nation all sing in Refrain
Don't want the black gold, nor the pain that it brings
Let the waters run clear on our ancestral land

Standing Rock Plain recorded/engineered by Adele Pappalardo 2 December 2016, Bergmo, Italy words and music by Buck Curran (c)2016 (p) Arborea Music

It shakes me to the core to know that in 2016 great atrocities are being perpetrated on people in the middle of America at the hands of corporate ambitions and greed. The people and families protesting at Standing Rock are Americans struggling for their rights, safety, integrity and future of their land. Their stance is a Vital cause for every American. I am Dedicating this song to all The Brave Women, Men, and Children peacefully protesting and enduring atrocity at Standing Rock and everywhere around the World. I believe with all my being in protecting the environment and human rights efforts. Places like Standing Rock are Ground Zero for our collective present and future generations. (This recording is a raw demo, my initial attempt at recording this song that I was compelled to first write at 7:00am on 3 November 2016 as my wife, pregnant with our child, left out the door to teach a class of children who are immigrants in Italy. I couldn't stand knowing what kind of future lies ahead for our child, for the children she was going to teach, for the children, women and men who are standing up to the cohersion at Standing Rock. I am already a father of two children in Maine and have been witness to terrible events like this for decades. As well, I am a Veteran of the US Navy. I would like to imagine a progress life, a progressive World filled with empathy and love). John Trudell's writing has been a big influence on me for over two decades...I would encourage everyone to seek out his writing. Any donations towards this song (via Bandcamp where it can be Downloaded) will go to relief efforts at Standing Rock and towards recording a proper studio version of the song. - Buck Curran, 3 December 2016
Photo by Alex Garland

Buck Curran (of Arborea) Solo Project

Arborea is working on new recordings and select shows for 2017…in the meantime Buck has a solo project. For more information please visit Buck Curran at Facebook.

Buck Curran (of Arborea) live at Godot Bistrot, Italy

Buck Curran (solo) live at Godot Bistrot, Italy. 21 February 2016

Buck Curran (of Arborea) live in Switzerland with Adaya

My broken down little camera caught a fraction of the song "howling to the moon". Dieses Video ist auf www.michaelis.ch/music zu sehen

Posted by Gunter Michaelis on Monday, February 15, 2016

Aside from my solo work, and work with Shanti in Arborea…I'm doing a lot of lead guitar work with the Amazing Swiss based musician Adaya. Recorded in Bern, Switzerland, November 2015.

Autumn Leaves....Switzerland

Last Sunday´s show in a treehouse in Switzerland. Buck is playing some solo shows in Europe over the next couple of months, while Shanti gets a much needed rest after a near decade of touring. Adaya Esther Lancha Bairacli adding some beautiful backing vocals and mandolin.

New Sounds for the New Age...

previewing New sounds for the new age… preparing for European shows in Autumn. Help spread the word Thanks to Modern Folk for sharing. http://www.themodernfolk.net/2015/08/buck-curran-new-moontide-and-sea-of.html

Red Door, Portsmouth, New Hampshire with Allsyen Callery & Ryan Lee Crosby

Buck Curran Solo show This Monday @ Red Door, Portsmouth, NH with Allysen Callery and Ryan Lee Crosby https://www.facebook.com/events/507685952713267/

Improvising in Switzerland

Buck improvising with Swiss musician Adaya Lancha Bairacli @ Kaffee Montag, Bern, Switzerland 12 June 2015

Arborea in Scandinavia

Scandinavian Woods, Sweden, May 2015.

New Arborea Recording - Varberg 11:59am

A new recording..live in the raw…'Varberg 11:59am'. Recorded in Varberg, Sweden, 11:59am, 9 May 2015 @ Varberg Theatre Guest House, First Take. Written and performed by Buck Curran, with Paolo Novellino on Slide Tenor Ukulele and Shanti additional vocals.

Arborea and Laboule European Tour April and May 2015

Arborea and Laboule on Tour Europe April and May 2015. With Paolo Novellino and Sonia Fanoni, Adaya Lancha Bairacli and Julia in Bern, Switzerland, Dan Söderqvist in Sweden, and with Tizio 'Bob Corn'. San Martino, Italy 17 April.. Photos by Caterina Colombo, Alessandro Farese, Vincenzo Moccia, Shanti Curran and Buck Curran

Arborea and Laboule European Tour April-May 2015

Arborea and Laboule 'Gypsy Sun and Rainbows' European Tour Dates - April & May 2015

April 
16 - Hani-B - Ravenna, Italy
17 - Brascon Vecc - San Martino Spino, Italy
18 - Pastificio Elettrico - Arezzo, Italy
19 - Godot Art Bistrot - Avellino, Italy
20 - KLAMM Club - Rome, Italy
21 - T-Trane, Perugia, Italy
22 - Cafe Melville San Nicolo - Piacenza, Italy
23 - Morbegno/Northern Italy (TBA)
24 - Le Bourg - Lausanne, Switzerland
25 - "Kleines Festival der ehrlichen Musik - Das Erste - Bern, Switzerland (TBA)
26 - Rossli Club - Berne, Switzerland
27 - House Show Karlsruhe - Karlsruhe, Germany
28 - Rauber & Rebellen - Recklinghausen, Germany
29 - Dortmund, Germany (TBA)
30 - Hasenschaukel - Hamburg, Germany
May
1- Music Star - Norderstedt, Germany
3 - Maos Lyst - Copenhagen, Denmark
5- Sweden (TBA)
6 - Tokalynga - Gunnarp, Sweden
7 - Teater Halland - Varberg, Sweden
8 - Koloni (w/Diane Cluck) - Gothenburg, Sweden
9 - Hembygdsparken - Unnyard, Sweden
 

Arborea's November 2014 tour in Ireland

Photos from our November 2014 tour in Ireland (Ring of Kerry/Mermaid Isle and Cliffs of Moher). Photos by Buck and Shanti Curran. The performance photos were taken by Trevor Seery @ Roisin Dubh, Galway on November 7th. We were also fortunate to meet Swiss musician Adaya Lancha Bairacli in Sneem while she was there performing at the Sneem Storytelling Festival (she was on her own tour in Ireland for a month). She was so Amazing we invited her to perform at our show in Cork, at the Roundy. She then traveled with us to visit our friends in the Wicklow Mountains.
Show dates included: November 5th Whelans (w/Special Guest Claire Bonass)/Dublin, Ireland 6th Making Space Studios (w The Driftwood Manor/Athlone, Ireland) 7th Roisin Dubh/Galway, Ireland 8th D.O.Shea's/Sneem, Ireland 9th The Roundy(w/Yearning Curve and Adaya Lancha Bairacli)/Cork, Ireland

ROCKERILLA Video Premiere - Official Video for Arborea's Bad Moon Rising!

ROCKERILLA Magazine's Premiere of Francesco Paladino's Official video for Arborea's 'Bad Moon Rising'! Released by Arborea Music/ESP-Disk', published by Jondora Music.
Actress - Sarah Patane'.

Arborea covers CCR 'Bad Moon Rising' on Bandcamp

We've recorded an understated arrangement of CCR's 'Bad Moon Rising'. We're selling this song to help fund the recording of our next album (release sometime in 2015) so any additional funds are welcomed and appreciated. We have licensed use of this song through Jondora Music Publishing/Concord Music Group. Links to purchase through iTunes, Amazon, etc will be coming soon.

Arborea Guest Blog/Tour Diary on Folk Radio UK

We have a very special Guest Blog/Tour Diary available today at Folk Radio UK
This tour diary is from our most recent tour in New York and Pennsylvania at the end of August.

Arborea - Paris, France 2013 Photo by Jeanne Madic

 Arborea, Paris, France April 2013. Photo by Jeanne Madic photography & films

Arborea 'Robbie Basho Tribute' Philadelphia 23 August 2014

Arborea performing @ the Robbie Basho Tribute, Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia 23 August 2014. Photo by Jesse Sheppard