Arborea is an Indie Folk Rock duo from Maine. Formed in the summer of 2005 by husband and wife Buck Curran and Shanti Curran, their music follows in the progressive Folk Rock traditions of diverse artists like Pentangle, Tim Buckley, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Sandy Denny, and Robbie Basho, as well as contemporaries Iron and Wine, Gillian Welch, Ray Lamontagne, Vashti Bunyan, Espers, and Devendra Banhart. Buck plays guitar, slide guitars, bowed strings, flutes, banjo, and vocals. Shanti provides lead vocals, banjo, ukulele, bowed strings, harmonium, and percussion. Their songs are, as described by George Parsons of Dream Magazine, «Intimate spellcasting affairs; the fact that they are a couple might help to explain the seamless organic blending of their music together. Conjuring truly transportational magic out of the simplest ingredients. Their songs might be a hundreds of years old, and there's little here to lock them into any moment other than forever». In October of 2006 the duo released their first cd Wayfaring Summer to positive reviews and airplay throughout the U.S., the U.K., and Europe. In 2007 Arborea performed at the Green Man Festival in the U.K (with a lineup that included Robert Plant, Joanna Newsom, and Devendra Banhart), the Tanned Tin Festival in Spain (Xiu Xiu, The Dirty Projectors, and Deerhunter), and the Time of Rivers Festival in Portland, Maine (Jack Rose, and Christine Carter). Arborea has also performed live sets in May of 2007, and June of 2008, on the popular Jersey based free form station WFMU with host Irene Trudel, and in November taped a session for Spinning on Air on WNYC with host David Garland which aired on January 20th of 2008 and was re‑aired on November 2008. In April of 2008 the Philadelphia based label Fire Museum Records released Arborea's second self‑titled cd. Helena Espvall's (Espers, Vashti Bunyan) cello playing is also featured on two songs from the new record. In September of 2008, Arborea was…читать далее ↓

Arborea is an Indie Folk Rock duo from Maine. Formed in the summer of 2005 by husband and wife Buck Curran and Shanti Curran, their music follows in the progressive Folk Rock traditions of diverse artists like Pentangle, Tim Buckley, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Sandy Denny, and Robbie Basho, as well as contemporaries Iron and Wine, Gillian Welch, Ray Lamontagne, Vashti Bunyan, Espers, and Devendra Banhart. Buck plays guitar, slide guitars, bowed strings, flutes, banjo, and vocals. Shanti provides lead vocals, banjo, ukulele, bowed strings, harmonium, and percussion. Their songs are, as described by George Parsons of Dream Magazine, "Intimate spellcasting affairs; the fact that they are a couple might help to explain the seamless organic blending of their music together. Conjuring truly transportational magic out of the simplest ingredients. Their songs might be a hundreds of years old, and there's little here to lock them into any moment other than forever". In October of 2006 the duo released their first cd Wayfaring Summer to positive reviews and airplay throughout the U.S., the U.K., and Europe. In 2007 Arborea performed at the Green Man Festival in the U.K (with a lineup that included Robert Plant, Joanna Newsom, and Devendra Banhart), the Tanned Tin Festival in Spain (Xiu Xiu, The Dirty Projectors, and Deerhunter), and the Time of Rivers Festival in Portland, Maine (Jack Rose, and Christine Carter). Arborea has also performed live sets in May of 2007, and June of 2008, on the popular Jersey based free form station WFMU with host Irene Trudel, and in November taped a session for Spinning on Air on WNYC with host David Garland which aired on January 20th of 2008 and was re-aired on November 2008. In April of 2008 the Philadelphia based label Fire Museum Records released Arborea's second self-titled cd. Helena Espvall's (Espers, Vashti Bunyan) cello playing is also featured on two songs from the new record. In September of 2008, Arborea was featured on NPR's music program Second Stage and received a glowing review by it's producer Robin Hilton, and in December Arborea completed an 18 day tour in Europe with performances in Portugal, Spain (along with a session/interview on Spanish National Radio), Switzerland, and Italy. In March of 2009 the duo released their 3rd record 'House of Sticks' through Borne! Recordings, with distribution throughout the U.S. and Europe. Arborea has also curated a compilation titled 'Leaves of Life', with All proceeds from the sales of the record benefiting the UN World Food Program. 'Leaves of Life' was released on 23 June 2009 on Borne! Recordings, and include artists such as Alela Diane, Devendra Banhart, and Marissa Nadler. On June 5th of 2009 the BBC aired a live session and interview that Arborea did for the 'World on 3' program. Equal parts experimental and backwater folk, inspired by Smithsonian field recordings, Arborea succeeds in creating a new folk form of breathtaking originality.


Discography

May 2010 'We are All One, In The Sun': a tribute to Robbie Basho. Compilation curated and produced by Buck Curran and released on Important Records.

October 2009 'House of Sticks' (Remastered) Worldwide digital release only

November 30 2009 Beautiful Star: The Songs of Odetta. Benefit compilation cd curated by the UK magazine 'Wears the Trousers.

23 June, 2009 - 'Leaves of Life', World Food Program benefit compilation cd curated by Arborea released on Borne! Records

March 2009 'House of Sticks' released on Borne!/Acuarela Records. U.S. Distribution through Darla Records. Distribution throughout the World

April 2008 self-titled album 'Arborea' released on Fire Museum Records/national distribution through Forced Exposure.

Digital version of Arborea's self-titled Fire Museum Records cd released in June 2008. Available through Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, etc.

October 2006 - 'Wayfaring Summer' released on Summer Street Records

TEA-1 Compilation Cd, 2007,Terrascope Online (UK)

Digital version of Wayfaring Summer released in October 2007. Available through Apple iTunes, Rhapsody.

Dream Magazine Issue No. 8/2008 Interview and companion compilation cd.

2009 Darla Records Compilation, 'Little Darla Has a Treat For You', v.27: Eternal Spring Edition compilation. Arborea song - Shadow and the Wind

'Wayfaring Summer' released on Summer Street Records October 2006

Live session and interview on the BBC 'World on 3' program. 5 June 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b9fc8100-9653-4a7c-82e3-67fc69bd1ef5

Live set on WFMU/Irene Trudel's show 28 May 2007 archived on www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23308

Various songs from Wayfaring Summer played and archived on WFMU throughout 2007 and 2008

Live Session/Interview on Spinning on Air/WNYC January 2008
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/spinning/episodes/2008/01/20

Live Session/Interview re-aired on Spinning On Air/WNYC November 2008
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/spinning/episodes/2008/11/02

September 2008 Arborea feature on NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94426447

2010 - Curated Robbie Basho Tribute cd for release on Important Records.
Curated African Relief Benefit compilation, coordinating with the World Food Program, for release on Borne!/Darla Records. Artists will include Alela Diane, Marissa Nadler, Marissa Nadler.

Airplay on KPFA Berkeley, Ca - KDVS Davis, CA 'Cool as Folk - WFMU Jersey City,NJ - WNYC NYC,NY 'Spinning On Air' - FM 99.3 Syndey, Australia 'Sideways Through Sound' - WMBR 88.1FM Boston,MA 'Pipeline' - WNEC 91.7 Henniker,NH "Seldom Heard Radio" - Main Public Broadcasting Network 'In Tune By Ten - Sunday' with Sara Willis


(There's 2 bands named Arborea:
- ArboreA: a metal band from Barcelona: www.myspace.com/arboreaband
Songs: Love is Dead, The Inner Forest, Self Persuasive Ways, Desire, The Bleeding Wound, Breaking The Walls, The Bleeding Wound, Oh Harvester...)

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