No Love Is Sorrow Buck Curran SKU: ESP5056LP Barcode: 825481505611 25.00 £25.00 Genre: Folk Label: ESP Disk Released Date: 13th November 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info No Love Is Sorrow is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter-guitarist Buck Curran. The album’s primary influence draws upon personal experience, along with an idiosyncratic musical style developed over many years as a solo artist and member of the psych-folk duo Arborea. The album presents a body of soundscapes…acoustic and electric instrumentals, psychedelic poetic folk songs…compositions inspired by visions of the surreal landscapes of life: love, hope, loss, fear, transformation, the light of expecting a newborn child, dreams, the realization of impermanence with the recent losses of family members and friends. Further inspiration was drawn from music as wide-ranging as experimental music, ’60s, and ’70s Folk and psychedelic Blues-rock, Jazz, Western classical music, and Indian classical music. “Ghost on the Hill,” “Deep in the Lovin’ Arms of My Babe,” “Odissea,” and “One Evening” are very personal songs that include lyrical themes of love, memories, and fear: “Ghost on the Hill” is a haunting and poetic memoir of life past, “One Evening” (in the poetic style of Bob Dylan’s “It’s Alright, Ma, I’m Only Bleeding”) is a harrowing statement charged with scenes of contemporary life: love and hope, uncertainty and fear created by society, technology, and politics. “Blue Raga,” “No Love Is Sorrow,” “Marie,” “For Adele,” “Chromaticle,” and “Lucia” are experimental tone poems created through improvisation on acoustic guitar. “War Behind the Sun” is a searing psychedelic electric guitar instrumental. “Django (New Years Day)” is Curran’s debut on piano inspired by the music of Claude Debussy and Erik Satie. “The mournful, elegant tones that neo-folk artist Buck Curran draws from voice and guitar have a capacity to linger in the air long after the notes have faded. Recorded at the American guitarist’s home in northern Italy shortly before the area went into lockdown, ‘No Love Is Sorrow’ is a beautiful piece of work, interspersing space, atmospheric instrumentals with more complete songs like spooky western “Ghost On The Hill’, the ballad “Deep In The Lovin’ Arms of My Babe'” and the title track. Curran sings with the gravelly decorum of Mark Lanegan but the songs remain, bewitchingly, just over the next horizon.” – 8/10 Peter Watts, UNCUT “…filled with beauty, a minimialist psychedelic folk. Roughly half instrumental and half straight songwriter-folk, Curran’s guitar is a layered, many-faceted thing, shapeshifting with each track, digging its way into your ears, past your brain and right to your heart. Times are tough, but the music is still something special. I hope these new albums help smooth out some of the rough spots in your day or provide a few moments of relaxing meditation.” – Aaron Stein, JamBase Artist Buck Curran Genre Folk Label ESP Disk Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Blue Raga Ghost on the Hill No Love Is Sorrow Deep in the Lovin' Arms of My Babe Marie Odissea For Adele Django (New Years Day) One Evening Chromaticle Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Folk View Product Quick View Gallery The Wind That Shakes the Barley Folk | Guerssen | 1LP, Includes Insert Released 1st May 2014 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gallery The Wind That Shakes the Barley £24.00 Genre: Folk Label: Guerssen SKU: GUESS130 Formats: 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 1st May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sam Phillips Fan Dance Folk | Nonesuch | 180g, 1LP Released 14th February 2020 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sam Phillips Fan Dance £42.00 Genre: Folk Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075597923063 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stan Rogers Between The Breaks…Live Folk | Borealis | 1LP Released 3rd August 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stan Rogers Between The Breaks…Live £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Borealis SKU: FCM002 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Shires, The My Universe Folk | Decca | 1LP Released 3rd October 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shires, The My Universe £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Decca SKU: 5711110 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Martin Simpson Skydancers Folk | Topic Records | 1LP Released 12th April 2024 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Martin Simpson Skydancers £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Topic Records SKU: TXLP613 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Kipper Family, The The Ever Decreasing Circle Folk | Dambuster | 1LP Released 12th August 2014 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Kipper Family, The The Ever Decreasing Circle £5.00 Genre: Folk Label: Dambuster SKU: NN71039 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th August 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Mary Elizabeth Remington In Embudo Folk | Loose Music | 1LP Released 10th February 2023 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mary Elizabeth Remington In Embudo £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Loose Music SKU: VJLP271 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Milk Carton Kids, The The Only Ones Folk | Milk Carton Kids Records | 10", 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released 6th December 2019 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Milk Carton Kids, The The Only Ones £13.00 Genre: Folk Label: Milk Carton Kids Records SKU: MCR00003LP Formats: 10", 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 6th December 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Christy Moore The Christy Moore Collection Folk | Rhino | 1LP Released 17th June 2022 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Christy Moore The Christy Moore Collection £25.00 Genre: Folk Label: Rhino SKU: 0190296670183 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Monica Heldal Ravensdale Folk | Drabant Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th April 2021 £18.00 - £19.00 Select options Monica Heldal Ravensdale £18.00 - £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Drabant Music Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th April 2021 Read More Select options See more in Folk Start again
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