Buck Curran

Bergamo-based guitarist Buck Curran’s Far Driven Sun is an intensely musical, layered set celebrating his reunion with a 1990 Stefan Sobell ‘Butterfly’ acoustic guitar. From the intimate “Vignettes” to the subtly dynamic “Bells” and the buoyant “Unicorn Song,” it showcases Buck’s exquisite touch as a player and recording artist. It’s a highly accomplished album, made with love and performed with the utmost skill and intricate musicianship.

Buck Curran takes us Track by Track through his new album Far Driven Sun, which finds him returning to his musical roots: a deep love for the ambient and resonant nature of the acoustic steel-string guitar in alternate tunings. The album was inspired by a unique ‘Butterfly’ Model 1 guitar made by Stefan Sobell in 1990, which was used to record Arborea’s first album, Wayfaring Summer.

Acclaimed guitarist and song writer Buck Curran has released ‘ILiad (Slight Return)’, the expansive second single from his ninth album, Far Driven Sun, out August 29th via Obsolete Recordings. The album is an elemental return to Curran’s musical roots, inspired by his reunion with a rare 1990 Stefan Sobell ‘Butterfly’ guitar. He will also be performing at a special Robbie Basho celebration in London, alongside Gemma Khawaja and Toby Hay.

Taken from his impressive 2024 album, One Evening and Other Folk Songs, and filmed by the talented David James Logan, watch Buck Curran with Adele H, Jodi Pedrali, Dave Barbarossa, and Roberto Frassini Moneta performing Deep in the Lovin’ Arms of My Babe.

Buck Curran provides our latest Reflections playlist featuring music and thoughts on Tim Buckley, Sandy Denny, Sam Amidon, Martin Simpson, Fleetwood Mac, Robbie Basho, David Crosby, Arborea, and Adele H.

Buck Curran’s ‘One Evening and Other Folk Songs’ is an album of hidden depths. His talent is an alchemical one: seemingly quotidian musical ingredients are turned into rare metals in his hands, and with this eclectic but hugely talented band, the results are doubly impressive.

Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘One Evening and Other Folk Songs’, Buck Curran has shared his new single ‘Black is the Colour’ – channelling early Pentangle, it’s quite unlike anything he has done before.

Watch Buck Curran and Jodi Pedrali performing ‘Sadness’. The tune, despite the name, is one laced with hope and is influenced by the moods of John Coltrane’s lamentation ‘Alabama’ and Ornette Coleman’s ‘Sadness’.

Watch Buck Curran performing ‘River Unto Sea’ live, an acoustic instrumental track inspired by Ireland and Maine that appeared on his 2016 debut solo album Immortal Light. He’s accompanied here by David James Logan on bass who also filmed the session (aided by the wonderful Adele H).

Our Song of the Day comes from Buck Curran & Adele H with a beautiful cover of Bruce Cockburn’s 13th Mountain, taken from his debut album, released in 1970.

Filmed in the ancient heart of Bergamo, Italy, watch the accompanying video for Buck Curran’s Winter Solstice 1, taken from the recently released ‘Solstice: A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans’. We also have details of his Robbie Basho 12 String Restoration Project.

Featuring music from Joseph Allred, Rob Noyes, Jesse Sheppard, Isasa, D.C Cross, Nick Jonah Davis and many more, Buck Curran has curated a stunning tribute to the guitarist Steffen Basho-Junghans. This amount of musical quality and artistic depth is rarely found on one compilation. 

Buck Curran of the duo Arborea returns to the UK in April 2022, his first dates here in support of his latest album ‘No Love Is Sorrow’. Watch him performing ‘New Moontide’ live with musical collaborator Jodi Pedrali (a.k.a Joud).

Ten years ago today, avant folk duo Arborea released their critically praised album ‘Red Planet’ – in celebration, Buck and Shanti share their personal recollections of that album along with personal insights into its making in a special guest post.

Our Song of the Day is from Arborea with ‘When I Was On Horseback’, filmed in Lewiston Maine in 2013 in the old clock tower of the Lewiston City Hall.

Composer, musician, luthier and curator Buck Curran is a man of many talents, as No Love is Sorrow further testifies. A bewitching album that pulls the listener in many directions and exposes them to many emotions.

Our Song of the Day comes from Buck Curran. Watch his brilliant new video for Ghost On The Hill which was made by his daughter Shylah. The song features on his new album ‘No Love Is Sorrow’.

We hear from two musicians – Buck Curran and Adele from Bergamo, Italy, a city in lockdown and one of the worst-hit cities by the coronavirus. Besides the threat of the virus they also now face the challenge of trying to make a living and supporting a growing family.