Showing posts with label Psych Folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psych Folk. Show all posts

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Buck Curran 'Far Driven Sun' (Obsolete Recordings, Echodelick Records, ESP-Disk') New Album 2025

Buck's new album 'Far Driven Sun' (his 9th Solo Album) is out now on all streaming platforms and CD available in the US through ESP-Disk' and Obslete Recordings Bandcamp in Europe. The Vinyl edition will be available in October through Echodelick Records. Album Overview: Far Driven Sun, Buck Curran's 9th solo album finds an elemental, full form return to his musical roots; a deep love for the ambient and resonant nature of the acoustic steel-string guitar in alternate tunings. In company and reunited (after an 18 year separation) with a rare 'Butterfly' Model 1 acoustic guitar made by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland, England in 1990 (previously used to record the first two albums made by his duo Arborea), Curran creates idiosyncratic and ethereal soundscapes through the use of its sonorous fundamental voice, incredible sustain, shimmering overtones and harmonics...and the additional use of a brass slide and EBow. The compositions and improvisations that are presented in this album are intricate and subtly powerful throughout...yet plaintive and mystical sounding. The notes contained within Far Driven Sun are further defined with plentiful space and tonal colours. And there is the addition of harmonic flowing bass lines on ‘Unicorn Song’ (a track that was named by Buck’s daughter Lucia) and 'ILiad (Slight Return)’ by Nataly Kozlova and the dynamic drumming of Francesco Di Lenge on ‘ILiad (Slight Return)’. Deserto Parallax is a fine example of Buck using the acoustic guitar to create psychedelic landscapes and ethereal atmospheres.

Monday, March 10, 2025

'Deep in the Lovin' Arms of My Babe' - New Video by Buck Curran

New video for Buck Curran's 'Deep in the Lovin' Arms of my Babe' from his latest solo ablum 'One Evening and Other Folk Songs'

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Acoustic Guitar Magazine - Buck Curran 'Black is the Colour of my True Love's Hair'

Online feature article for Buck Curran's arrangement of 'Black is the Colour of my True Love's Hair' available now at Acoustic Guitar Magazine The article is from the forthcoming January/February 2025 issue. There's also a video performance of Buck's arrangement at Acoustic Guitar's Youtube Channel

KLOF Magazine 'Best Albums of 2024'

Deep Thanks to KLOF Magazine (Folk Radio UK) for including Buck Curran's new album 'One Evening and Other Folk Songs' in their list of 'Best Albums of 2024'

Aquarium Drunkard 'Year in Review' 2024

Thanks so much to Aquarium Drunkard for including Buck Curran's new album 'One Evening and Other Folk Songs' (ESP-Disk'/Obsolete Recordings) in their 'Year in Review' for 2024.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Buck Curran & Adele H '13th Mountain' Folk Radio UK 'Song of the Day'

Buck Curran & Adele H cover of '13th Mountain'(a song from Bruce Cockburn's 1970 Debut Album) makes Folk Radio UK 'Song of the Day'. The song is available now on Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, etc. The best way to support this release is at Obsolete Recordings Bandcamp

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Arborea on 'World Cafe: Next'


Archive: Arborea on World Cafe. Original broadcast May 2nd, 2011. Available for streaming or download on World Cafe WXPN

Thursday, July 30, 2020

For Adele (Official Video) - Buck Curran

The Official Video for Buck's guitar instrumental 'For Adele' from the new album 'No Love Is Sorrow'. The video was made on location in Bergamo, Italy by Buck and Adele Pappalardo.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Folk Radio Video Premiere: Buck Curran 'Ghost On The Hill'


Video Premiere/Song of the Day via Folk Radio for Buck's song 'Ghost On The Hill' from his new album 'No Love Is Sorrow'. The video was filmed/edited in Maine by Shylah Curran.

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Buck Curran's new album 'No Love Is Sorrow'


Buck's third solo album 'No Love Is Sorrow' is now available for Preorder at Apple Music and over at Bandcamp

Premier Guitar Magazine: Buck Curran's Transcendental Folk Guitar


Kate Koenig's feature article for Premier Guitar Magazine about Buck's solo music and his work producing and curating Ten Years Gone: A Tribute to Jack Rose.

Pitchfork - Buck Curran: 'A Working Guitarist in Lockdown in Italy's Hardest-Hit City


Andy Cush of Pitchfork interviewed Buck about his experiences in lockdown in Bergamo, Italy; the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in Europe.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

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.

Rake - Townes Van Zandt Cover by Buck Curran


Buck's official cover of 'Rake' by Townes Van Zandt available at Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, etc.

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen Cover) by Buck Curran



 Buck's arrangement of Bruce Springsteen 'Dancing in the Dark' is now available via, BandcampSpotifyiTunes, etc.

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Buck Curran: 'Song for Liam' Feature Article and Lesson - Acoustic Guitar Magazine


'Song for Liam' Video and Lesson Feature article is now available at Acoustic Guitar Magazine
http://acousticguitar.com/learn-to-play-buck-currans-song-for-liam/
This article by Adam Perlmutter will also be featured in the March/April issue of the Magazine.
Huge Thanks to Beatrice Sancinelli and Alberto Dall'Ara for making the video possible.

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Buck Curran 'Seven Gardens To Your Shore' (Live) - Filmed by Jesse Sheppard

New video of Buck performing 'Seven Gardens To Your Shore' (from the album 'Immortal Light'). This video was made by Jesse Sheppard (Elkhorn) during Buck's American tour in September 2018.

Buck Curran 'Song for Liam' (Live) - Filmed by Jesse Sheppard

New video of Buck performing 'Song for Liam' (from the album 'Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas'). This video was made by Jesse Sheppard (Elkhorn) during Buck's American tour in September 2018.