ARBOREA w/special guest R. Keenan Lawler
8:00 doors
21+

Alternative, Experimental, Psych Folk

Returning for their second show at the Uncle, ARBOREA is a musical duo from Maine, formed in the summer of 2005 by Shanti and Buck Curran. Since 2007 they've toured extensively throughout the US, UK, and Europe, released several full length albums including 2011's Red Planet which made Rolling Stone 'Best Under-the-Radar Albums' that year, 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. Recently returned from a stellar run in Europe, they're currently on tour stateside with their fifth album, Fortress of the Sun, released in April. ”I discovered Arborea amid a sea of 1,300 songs that I heard in preparation for South by Southwest. The music stood out for its calm beauty, its rough edges, and the duo's ability to speak eloquently of life's precious moments, about the sea, and about wonder. I first heard the duo perform at St. David's Bethel Hall in Austin during this year's South by Southwest music festival. That gorgeous church was the best imaginable place to hear this music, short of a visit to the couple's cabin in the western mountains of Maine. It's always special to hear musicians play to the space they're in. The Currans are not only superb players...they're equally good listeners — always in tune with their surroundings." ~ Bob Bollen, host of NPR's All Songs Considered