"Husband and wife team, Buck and Shanti Curran, construct a fragile, resonant world with a lingering Americana after-taste, shimmering with the same wide-open spaces Ry Cooder’s captured so well on Paris, Texas." - BBC
"Maine folk duo Arborea creates timeless music" - Dirty Linen Magazine
"Shanti and Buck Curran get it right, with memorable songs that linger in the ether long after the last track ends." - NPR
"Arborea's brand of folk music is ethereal, bone-chilling, and beautiful all at once!" - Performing Songwriter Magazine
"A Magical Mystery Tour" - Boston Globe
"Singularly breathtaking" - Portland Phoenix
Since 2006 Maine based Alt Folk duo Arborea (wife and husband Shanti and Buck Curran) has released 3 cds, performed shows and festivals in the U.S., U.K (Green Man Fest), and Europe...including a session for the BBC World on 3 program in London in 2009. Arborea is currently supporting their latest cd 'House of Sticks' released on Borne! Recordings. Buck Curran has also curated and produced a compilation cd titled 'Leaves of Life' that was released during the summer of 2009. Leaves of Life includes artists such as Alela Diane, Devendra Banhart, Starless and Bible Black, and Marissa Nadler. All proceeds from the sales of the record are going to support vital hunger relief programs run by the UN World Food Program. Arborea is also part of an Odetta tribute that was just released by the UK magazine Wears the Trousers. Buck has curated a Robbie Basho tribute cd that is due out on Important Records in April of 2010 and features Meg Baird, Fern Knight, Arborea, Helena Espvall, Glenn Jones, Steffen Basho Junghans, Iraqi born (and Grammy nominated) Oud player Rahim Alhaj, and Irish guitarist Cian Nugent. The duo will be touring in Europe throughout January and February of 2010 and in the U.S. during March and April.
