arborea

Arborea is a musical duo from Maine, formed in the summer of 2005 by wife and husband Shanti Curran and Buck Curran. Since 2007 they've toured extensively throughout the US, UK, and Europe, curated two various artists compilations; We are All One, In the Sun: A Tribute to Robbie Basho and Leaves of Life, and released several full length albums including their latest Red Planet which made Rolling Stone 'Best Under-the-Radar Albums of 2011', Top Vinyl Pick in Mojo, Portland Phoenix Top Ten Albums of 2011, Uncut Magazine's Top 100 Albums of 2011, and Editors Top Pick in Guitar Player Magazine.

Portland Mercury writer Ned Lannamann recently described their music??If you could take a shiver and slow it down so that it lasted for 50 minutes, you'd have Red Planet, the fourth album from Arborea. It's folk music that runs through your veins ice cold, but in a way that's so compelling and irresistible you can't help be moved by it. Red Planet is released by Portland label Strange Attractors Audio House, but Arborea actually hail from a spot much closer to the other Portland; the husband-and-wife duo of Shanti and Buck Curran live in Maine, a state of rugged beauty, endless forests, summertime bugs the size of hummingbirds, and a cold and rocky coastline. Shanti's voice rises above sparse instrumental backing like a cool fog, and while the pair has earned comparisons to acts like Pentangle and Alela Diane, to me Arborea sounds utterly unique and entirely captivating.?

Discography
2011 'Red Planet'. Released on Strange Attractors Audio House

Rolling Stone 'Best Under-the-Radar-Albums of 2011'

'Red Planet' top vinyl pick in the September 2011 issue of Mojo Magazine, Editors Top Pick in the December 2011 issue of Guitar Player Magazine, Textura Top 20 Albums of 2011, Portland Phoenix Top 10 Albums of 2011, and Uncut Magazine Editor John Mulvey's Top 100 Albums of 2011

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
May 2011 NPR World Cafe
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/02/135924916/arborea-on-world-cafe-next
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