We were fortunate to be in the very last issue of Performing Songwriter magazine. In the June, 2009 issue on the ‘Just Push Play’ pages (Odds and ends that the staff of ‘Performing Songwriter’ have been obsessing over)
“Husband-and-wife duo Arborea are undoubtedly located on the folkier side of life. And their brand of folk is [...]

Mary Ann Kennedy’s selection features a studio session with Arborea, a husband-and-wife folk duo who blend traditions from their native Appalachia with English folk and psychedelia.

Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy
Produced by Roger Short

Freak-folkies aren’t greedy. For the most part, they’re happy with a campfire and a few questionable substances.

Define ‘folk’ as you will. The term, with its divergent meanings and connotations and applications, has lost its ability to capture a contemporary “genre” in the strictest sense of the word. But as an essence, a philosophy, an outlook, it is still vital. It is still alive when musicians (or anybody, for that matter) share [...]

Released June 23 via Borne! Leaves of Life features contributions from (freak-) folk as fine as Devendra O. Banhart, Mi and L’au, Marissa Nadler, Larkin Grimm, Alela Diane and Mariee Sioux, with artwork drawn by Hanna Tuulikki, Finnish vocalist of the amazing Scottish act Nalle.
Leaves of Life Track List
1. Alela Diane with Mariee Sioux, “The [...]