Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Curran Guitars Profile at Guitar Bench
An interview with Buck and a profile on his guitars has been published on the Venerable Guitar Bench Website Guitar Bench
Special Thanks to Terence Tan for making this interview happen.
p.s. One thing not mentioned in the interview was one of Buck's favorite guitar making inspirations. During a 1993 documentary about classical guitarist John Williams, John goes to Australia and during his stay visits with Greg Smallman at his shop in the Highlands of Glen Innes, New South Wales.
Folk Radio UK Arborea Mix
Photo by Shanti
Folk Radio UK
The Folks at Folk Radio UK recently asked Buck and Shanti to create a mix. Buck has this to say about the mix:
Life can appear to be a mad rush as I let myself get caught up in the maelstrom of living. When I take time to pause, close my eyes, and listen...
A good song can slow down time and radiate with infinite magic. Each song in this collection takes me to that Much needed place.
~Buck
Click here to listen to the mix:
Folk Radio UK Arborea Mix
or go here http://www.mixcloud.com/folkradiouk/buck-and-shantis-arborea-mix/
or go here to read the introduction
Folk Radio UK Arborea Mix
or go here:
http://www.folkradio.co.uk/index.php/reviews/578-new-mix-buck-and-shanti-arborea
Sean Smith - Death Courier and Light Emitter
"Sean Smith LIVE at the Verdi Club, San Francisco, April 23rd 2009"
"A Bull Emerges from the Ram's Dark Tomb" by Sean Smith (Gnome Live Free Mp3 download) 2009 Download Performance Here
or follow this link http://gnomeliferecords.com/ss_live_free.html
[Painting of Sean (as death courier and light emitter) by Fletcher Tucker.]
Monday, November 16, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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
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.
Sondra Sun-Odeon @ Hogfarm Bidderford, Maine October 9th, 2009
Photos by Buck Curran/editing by Shanti Curran
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/
Saturday, August 15, 2009
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.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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
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
Monday, June 1, 2009
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