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 Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Seedlings All Folk | Rough Trade | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 23rd March 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Seedlings All £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Rough Trade SKU: RTRADLP898 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nicki Bluhm Avondale Drive Folk | Compass | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 3rd June 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nicki Bluhm Avondale Drive £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Compass SKU: COM47871 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 3rd June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Smith Hummingbird Folk | Commoner Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th October 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Smith Hummingbird £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Commoner Records SKU: COMM011 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Anne Briggs Anne Briggs (Ltd Edition Gold Vinyl) Folk | Topic Records | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th December 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Anne Briggs Anne Briggs (Ltd Edition Gold Vinyl) £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Topic Records SKU: TTSLP002 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th December 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dana Gavanski Late Slap Folk | Full Time Hobby | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th April 2024 £25.00 - £26.00 Select options Dana Gavanski Late Slap £25.00 - £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Full Time Hobby Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th April 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Moulettes Constellations Folk | Navigator | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 2nd June 2014 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Moulettes Constellations £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Navigator SKU: NAVIGATOR090LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Saxophones, The Songs of the Saxophones Folk | Full Time Hobby | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 9th November 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Saxophones, The Songs of the Saxophones £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH308LPB Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Fahey Yellow Princess Folk | Vanguard | Miscellaneous Released 22nd December 2005 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Fahey Yellow Princess £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Vanguard SKU: VSD792931 Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 22nd December 2005 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Samantha Crain Kid Face Folk | Full Time Hobby | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 13th January 2014 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Samantha Crain Kid Face £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH182LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 13th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rachel Baiman Common Nation of Sorrow Folk | Signature Sounds | 1LP Released 31st March 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rachel Baiman Common Nation of Sorrow £24.00 Genre: Folk Label: Signature Sounds SKU: LPSIG7048 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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