Buck Curran

Buck Curran
Born (1967-05-23) 23 May 1967
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Genres Indie folk, Psychedelic folk
Occupation(s) Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Guitar Maker, Painter, Writer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, harmonium, banjo, flute
Labels Stange Attractors Audio House; ESP-Disk; Fire Museum Records; Obsolete Recordings; Important Records; alt-vinyl
Associated acts Arborea; Helena Espvall; Meg Baird; Adaya; Glenn Jones, Espers, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Harris Newman

Buck Curran (born May 23, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter-guitarist, record producer, painter and guitar maker.

Biography

Curran formed the psych-folk duo Arborea in 2005 with partner Shanti Deschaine, with whom he recorded five albums and toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe between 2006 and 2015. Curran's music is associated with the Psychedelic Folk and Indie Folk genres, though his primary focus was on performing traditional and original Blues and Folk music in the 1990s. In 2009 he produced the benefit compilation Leaves of Life (2009),[1] which included notable artists Devendra Benhart, Marissa Nadler, Alela Diane, etc. Curran also contributed to the renewal of interest in Robbie Basho producing two tribute albums, We Are All One in the Sun (2010)[2] and Basket Full of Dragons (2016).[3] In the Winter of 2011/2012 The Fretboard Journal published a feature article on Robbie Basho (Voice of the Eagle) written by Curran for Issue 24.

In July 2016 he released his first solo record, Immortal Light,[4] a split release between ESP-Disk and Obsolete Recordings.

Curran is also an artist and painted the cover for Basket Full of Dragons. In July, 2014 his paintings were part of a special exhibition in Denmark at the Fano Free Folk Festival, during which he also presented a special discussion on his spontaneous brushstroke technique using watercolors and improvisation in art. In 2017 his paintings were exhibited in Bergamo, Italy in December 2017 at InArteWerkkunst Gallery during the NOWART Exhibition. As well, he is a notable guitar maker who worked from 2002 to 2009 for renown Maine luthier Dana Bourgeois, where he developed his own guitar model called Butterfly.[5] his prototype for the Butterfly was included (alongside other notable luthiers from Maine: Dana Bourgeois, John Slobod, etc.) in the 'Player's Art': Guitar Exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art May 7 thru July 17, 2005. Acoustic Guitar Magazine featured one of Curran's Butterfly guitars (made in 2006) for their 'Great Acoustics' article in the March 2012 issue. His acoustic and electric guitar playing is characterized by the extensive use of low alternate tunings, slide, Ebow, reverb,[6] manipulating string overtones and dynamics creating haunting voice-like timbres on the instrument.

Discography

Albums

  • Immortal Light (2016, ESP-Disk/Obsolete Recordings)
  • Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas (2018, ESP-Disk/Obsolete Recordings)

EPs

  • Standing Rock (2017, Obsolete Recordings)
  • The Rushings feat. Buck Curran Nashville West Session (2016, Obsolete Recordings)
  • Adele H feat. Buck Curran, Dogmas EP (2017, Obsolete Recordings)

Compilation albums

  • Leaves of Life (2009, Darla Records)
  • We Are All One, In The Sun: A Tribute to Robbie Basho (2010, Important Records/ 2011 alt.vinyl)
  • Basket Full Of Dragons (2016, Obsolete Recordings)

Records with Arborea

  • Wayfaring Summer (Summer Street, 2006)
  • Arborea (Fire Museum, 2008)
  • House of Sticks (Borne!/Darla, 2009)
  • Red Planet (Strange Attractors Audio House, 2011)
  • Fortress of the Sun (ESP-Disk, 2013)

References

  1. ↑ "Devendra Banhart, Alela Diane, More Collaborate on Leaves of Life". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Various Artists: We Are All One, in the Sun: A Tribute to Robbie Basho Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Various Artists—Basket Full Of Dragons: A Tribute To Robbie Basho Vol II (Obsolete Recordings)". dusted. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. ↑ "Buck Curran: Immortal Light". Relix. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  5. ↑ Terence Tan (2009-09-23). "Curran Guitars. Luthier Interview". Guitarbench Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  6. ↑ David Fricke (2011-12-23). "Rolling Stone: The Best Under-the-Radar Albums of 2011". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
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