Record Crates United Interview: Arborea’s ‘Red Planet’ 10th Anniversary

Keith Hadad of Record Crates United Interviews Buck Curran for the 10th Anniversary of Arborea’s album ‘Red Planet’

 

For Sale - 1994 Jean-Pierre Favino Nylon String Guitar

For Sale - Nylon String guitar built by Jean-Pierre Favino 1994. 2,700 USD plus shipping. For more information email buckcurran at gmail. This guitar is featured on the 'Great Acoustics' page that I wrote (photos by Shanti Curran) for the November 2012 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine Jean Pierre's current prices for a new build of this model is 4,900 Euro or roughly 6,000 USD. The top is made of Old European Spruce with bear-claw figure. The back and sides are cypress like a flamenco guitar. The fretboard is beautiful black poreless ebony…the kind that is extremely hard to find these days. Incredibly light and responsive with a beautiful voice.

Out of the Cold and Into The Warm Glow @ Charlie O's, Vermont

Performing at Charlie O's, Montpelier, VT March 14th. Photo by Ray Fredericks

Arborea - Dance, Sing, Fight (Live Provo, Utah)

Arborea performing 'Dance, Sing, Fight' live at Velour Music Gallery, Provo, Utah 3 October 2011 video by Justin Elswick Lyrics: Angry guns go off around us Force a change get behind us Black, Beige, White Green, Red, Blue Black, Beige, White Dance, Sing, Fight from the album 'House of Sticks' (Remastered), released 02 January 2011 * additional lyrics on the 'Remastered' version 'Dance, Sing, Fight' are homage to Midnight Oil's 'Beds are Burning' and are not including in the original song on Arborea's album 'Wayfaring Summer'. Additional lyrics: How can we dance when our earth is burning How can we sleep when our minds are turning The time has come to say fairs fare To pay the rent to pay our share The time has come to say fairs fare To pay the rent to pay their share

Guitarbench reviews Arborea's 'Red Planet'

The online guitar magazine Guitarbench has included Arborea's latest album 'Red Planet' in the record reviews of their current issue, Issue 4. Subscribe to Guitarbench, it's an online magazine with Gorgeous Photography and In-Depth articles and it's free to view online.

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

Dismal Ax 'Banjimer'

Here are some photos of Shanti's Stunning new Dismal Ax custom 'Banjimer' made by Tennessee based instrument maker George Downing.

Photo of Shanti © 2012 Buck Curran

'We are all one, In the Sun': A Tribute to Robbie Basho

The Robbie Basho tribute 'We are all one, In the Sun' released May 11, 2010 available through Important Records. The tribute features Steffen Basho Junghans, Meg Baird, Arborea, Glenn Jones, Fern Knight, Helena Espvall, Cian Nugent, and Rahim Alhaj...with additional digital tracks by Yair Yona, Joseba Irazoki and Cam Deaz. I curated and produced this labour of love between late 2006 until it's release in 2010. The gorgeous Cover Art is by Shanti Curran
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Important Records Basho Tribute The album is also available as a limited 180 gram Vinyl Edition through the UK label alt vinyl The video is one that I created for Arborea's arrangement of the Basho song 'Blue Crystal Fire' that we recorded for 'We Are All One, In the Sun'. The video was shot from the banks of the Androscoggin River in Maine.