Arborea consists of wife and husband team Shanti Curran and Buck Curran. Shanti Curran provides lead vocals, banjo (she is also an official endorser of OME banjos), Ban-Jammer (a type of Banjo dulcimer made by Tennessee luthier Mike Clemmer), harmonium, ukulele, sawing fiddle, and hammered dulcimer and Buck Curran provides, vocals, guitar, slide guitar and sawing fiddle. They both share songwriting duties, arrangements, and production. Arborea base themselves in Maine and derive a lot of the inspiration for their music from the rugged, beautiful land and seascapes of their home state, and even record some of their music in an old family cabin that Shanti’s great grandfather built during the Great Depression that is nestled along the Western Mountains of Maine.
Lonesome Shack is a blues and boogie band from Seattle, Washington. Ben Todd plays guitar, sings and writes songs. Kristian Garrard plays miniature drumset. The Curious Mystery, also from Seattle, Washington, is a junkyard band with a heart of dirt, smoke, and wires; a mix of influences from American rock’n’soul, sixties freakout and smokey garage; to the sublime frequencies of the far east.