Beirut Live & Seadrift @ Roots and Tendrils

'Beirut' & 'Seadrift' live @ Roots and Tendrils Filmed by Grace Kendall

photo by Shanti Curran


Shanti created this image years ago, altering a photograph in her darkroom, of an image she captured in North Carolina. Her teacher at the time ridiculed the image saying it wasn't photography. It's one of my favorite photos that she has created ~Buck

Early Autumn in Maine

photo by Liam Curran/editing by Shanti Curran

photo taken at the Schoener Preserve, Georgetown Island, Maine

Lewiston Maine

photo/art by Shanti Curran

Lewiston is a Mill Town in Maine that came to prominence during the Industrial Revolution. Shanti created this image, that for me, defines this town's industrial past ~Buck

Arborea S/T Black Mountain Road

Photo by Shanti Curran and Grace Kendall

This was the Photo used for the cover of Arborea's S/T record that was released in 2008 by Fire Museum Records. Shanti imagined this artwork for over a year before this photo was finally Realized.

NPR reviewed the album on 8 September 2009, featuring the song Black Mountain Road
NPR Arborea Feature
or go here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94426447

River and Rapids

Film by Craig Saddlemire

Odetta tribute compilation

Arborea is excited to be a part of the 'Wears the Trousers' curated benefit compilation cd 'Beautiful Star': The Songs of Odetta

released November 30, 2009 (download / limited edition CD)

01 Linda Draper, ‘Sail Away Ladies’
02 Ane Brun, ‘If I Had A Ribbon Bow’
03 Gemma Ray, ‘900 Miles’
04 Anaïs Mitchell, ‘All My Trials’
05 Haunted Stereo, ‘Santy Anno’
06 Madam, ‘Waterboy’
07 Sandy Dillon, ‘Can’t Afford To Lose My Man’
08 Ora Cogan, ‘Motherless Child’
09 Josephine Oniyama, ‘The Gallows Pole’
10 Pepi Ginsberg, ‘Beautiful Star’
11 Society Of Imaginary Friends, ‘Another Man Done Gone’
12 Marissa Nadler, ‘All My Trials’
13 Kelli Ali, ‘All The Pretty Little Horses’
14 Katey Brooks, ‘What A Friend We Have’
15 Liz Durrett, ‘Chilly Winds’
16 Arborea, ‘This Little Light Of Mine’

Visit www.myspace.com/songsofodetta
or http://wearsthetrousers.com/ for more info.

October in Maine, Reid Sate Park and Music @ the Hogfarm

Photos by Shanti Curran

Sondra Sun-Odeon @ Hogfarm Bidderford, Maine October 9th, 2009

Photos by Buck Curran/editing by Shanti Curran

Cursillistas at Guthries/Lewiston, Maine

Photo by Shanti Curran Aug, 2009

More photos from the BBC

Arborea on the cover of Rockerilla Magazine

Arborea shares the lineup of feature articles, alongside Tim Buckley and Alice in Chains, in the October/November 2009 issue of Italy's Rockerilla Magazine

http://www.rockerilla.com/

Summer in Maine

Photos by Buck Curran

Much of August was spent at the ocean with our children...taking some time out for ourselves, no music except the wind and the sound of the waves. It was a perfect summer, and this was a perfect memory.

Arborea gets a great write up in the last issue of Performing Songwriter

Arborea was featured in the very last issue of Performing Songwriter magazine. In the 'Just Push Play' section, in the June 2009 issue (Odds and ends that the staff of 'Performing Songwriter' have been obsessing over) Beth Walker wrote:

Husband-and-wife duo Arborea are undoubtedly located on the folkier side of life. And their brand of folk is ethereal, bone-chilling and beautiful all at once. House of Sticks has a very organic feel, as one may imagine simply from perusing some of the song titles - "River and Rapids," "Look Down Fair Moon" and "In the Tall Grass"- and it has the uncanny ability to transport the listener into a vastly different, dreamier world.
~Beth Walker

Seadrift and Arms & Horses

Films by Craig Saddlemire

Arborea goes to Ireland & London- to play on the BBC

Here are a few photos from our recent trip across the pond. We were asked to play on the BBC radio 3 'World on 3' program to which we promptly said "Hell yeah!" We mixed in a visit with our good friends (more like our adopted family) in the mountains of Ireland (Wicklow County to be exact)Our trip lasted 8 days and we had a wonderful time. Some of the highlights of our trip included meeting and staying with Alan Pedder in London (editor of 'Wears the Trousers Magazine') Also, Alan took us to a phenomenal concert, Ane Brun- Have you heard of her? Check her out, you won't be sorry! Every single day of our stay with our family at the farmhouse was too short and way too fun. Ok, I guess there were no highlights, the whole trip was so fulfilling and inspiring.

In Dublin, sitting with with a likeness of Patrick Kavanagh


A hearty pint of Guinness after being caught in the rain is just the thing


Here we are at the BBC




The most enchanting place I know...

Ireland in May

Photos by Shanti and Buck

Leaves of Life

Artwork by Hanna Tuulikki


June 23rd was the official release date for 'Leaves of Life'.

Leaves of Life is the essential collection of songs by some of today’s most creative Indie Folk musicians. This record brings together unique and contemporary artistic voices to create an evocative and stunning collaboration; with all proceeds from the sales of this record going to benefit important relief programs in Africa, and other communities in great need around the world.

Curated and produced by Buck Curran of the Alt-folk duo Arborea, Leaves of Life features 19 exclusive songs by artists Alela Diane, Devendra Banhart, Marissa Nadler and Black Hole Infinity, Fern Knight, Shanti Curran (Arborea), Rio en Medio, Larkin Grimm, Mi and L’au, Starless and Bible Black, Silver Summit, Micah Blue Smaldone, David Garland, Citay, Big Blood, Mica Jones, Eric Carbonara, Ora Cogan, Cursillistas, and Magic Leaves…along with the beautiful art work of musician Hanna Tuulikki. This project hopes to further inspire people around the world to join in vital artistic and social efforts to make a better life for all of us.

In addition the digital release of the compilation will include special bonus tracks by Jozef van Wissem, Laurent Brondel, Denise Dill, and Plains.

To purchase the cd in the U.S. please visit Darla Records

http://darla.com/index.php?fuseaction=e4_ecom.ecom_superitem_detail&item_cat_id=36667

For purchasing in Europe visit here

http://bornerecordings.bigcartel.com/product/various-artists-leaves-of-life

All proceeds from the sale of this record go to the World Food Program!

if you would like more information about the world food program please visit: www.friendsofwfp.org

Please help us get the word out about this record compilation- every cd that sells will help!!!

Black Mountain Road music/film

Here is a film directed by Francesco Paulo Paladino inspired by our song 'Black Mountain Road'

Sandy Denny

Sandy Denny performs Crazy Lady Blues on the BBC 1971