Arborea (band)
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| Origin | Maine, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk, psychedelic folk, freak folk, New Weird America |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | ESP-Disk |
| Website | Official site |
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Arborea is an American psychedelic folk duo consisting of husband and wife Buck Curran and Shanti Curran. Buck Curran provides vocals, guitar, slide guitar, and sawing fiddle, while Shanti Curran provides lead vocals, banjo, 'Banjimer' (a type of banjo dulcimer made by Tennessee luthier Gwen Forrester), harmonium, ukulele, sawing fiddle, and hammered dulcimer. They share songwriting, arranging, and producing.
Arborea's first three albums include their debut Wayfaring Summer (2006), their self-titled album (Fire Museum, 2008), and House of Sticks (Borne! Recordings/Acuarela Discos, 2009), which was distributed in the U.S. by Darla Records.
Arborea curated and produced the compilation album Leaves of Life to help with relief efforts in Africa such as the UN World Food Program. The compilation was released on Borne! Recordings and includes notable artists such as Alela Diane, Devendra Banhart, and Marissa Nadler. The artwork for Leaves of Life was created by musician and artist Hanna Tuulikki.
In 2010 Important Records released We Are All One, in the Sun: A Tribute to Robbie Basho, a compilation album that was produced by Buck Curran. The album features Meg Baird, Helena Espvall, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Glenn Jones, Fern Knight, Cian Nugent, and Grammy-nominated, Iraqi-born oud master Rahim Alhaj.
In 2008 the duo was interviewed for both a Terrascope Online feature article, and the July/Aug 2008 issue of Italy's Blow Up magazine. In 2009 Arborea did a live session and interview in London at BBC Radio 3 for the radio program 'World on 3'with host Mary Ann Kennedy. In 2011 they released their fourth album 'Red Planet' on the Oregon label Strange Attractors Audio House. In April 2012 Arborea was invited to National Public Radio (NPR) headquarters in Washington D.C. and recorded a Tiny Desk Concert. In 2013 Arborea released their fifth album 'Fortress of the Sun', their first for ESP'-Disk.
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