Buck Curran - NPR Tiny Desk Home Concert

NPR Tiny Desk Home Concert from Bergamo, Italy. Deep Thanks to Adele H for accompanying me. Recorded 25 April 2020.

NPR Tiny Desk Home Concert - Buck Curran

Sincere Thanks to Lars Gotrich and Bob Boilen for inviting me to record a Tiny Desk Home Concert for NPR.

NPR 'Viking's Choice' 'The House that Jack Rose Built

'Viking's Choice' Article The House That Jack Rose Built by Lars Gotrich for NPR about Jack Rose and the Tribute album I've curated to honor Jack Rose on the 10th Anniversary of his passing. The album was released December 5th, 2019 via Tompkins Square

Cian Nugent: Best Steel String Acoustic Guitar Recordings of 2012

Irish Guitarist Cian Nugent's majestic 7" record 'Grass Above My Head/My War Blues' vhf#130
out on VHF Records
In April NPR's Lars Gotrich posted a nice review of these recordings along with a stream of the piece 'My War Blues' on NPR. Other favorites of 2012 include Rich Osborn's Guitar Explorations, and Robbie Basho Twilight Peaks

Arborea: NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Arborea's NPR Tiny Desk Concert May 21s, 2012: I discovered Arborea amid a sea of 1,300 songs that I heard in preparation for South by Southwest. The music stood out for its calm beauty, its rough edges, and the duo's ability to speak eloquently of life's precious moments, about the sea, and about wonder. Shanti and Buck Curran came to NPR with their two children, their guitars, a harmonium, and a Ban-Jammer — a sweet little hybrid that's part banjo, part mountain dulcimer. And, while their music is clearly rooted in acoustic and folk traditions, Arborea's songs can roar with an electric guitar, sustained indefinitely courtesy of an electromagnetic device known as an EBow. I first heard the duo perform at St. David's Bethel Hall in Austin during this year's South by Southwest music festival. That gorgeous church was the best imaginable place to hear this music, short of a visit to the couple's cabin in the western mountains of Maine. Unfortunately, only a small number of people attended that St. David's show — maybe 40 or so — but a large percentage I recognized as music writers and DJs who were fortunate enough to know not to miss Arborea. It's always special to hear musicians play to the space they're in. The Currans are not only superb players, and Shanti Curran a lovely singer, but, as this Tiny Desk Concert indicates, they're equally good listeners — always in tune with their surroundings. ~Bob Boilen, Host of NPR Music