The foundation of this recording is the musical chemistry between Jodi Pedrali and myself. Jodi and I had been playing music together since 2017 and the band we assembled for this session, centered around the idea of having London native Dave Barbarossa play drums with us. Dave Barbarossa (Bow Wow Wow and Adam Ant) was my favorite drummer during my formative years playing guitar in high school. Dave and I first met over a pint in London (in Soho) in April of 2022. We talked about fatherhood and life, but mostly about music. It was wonderful to discover that he shared my love for the music of Pentangle. Soon after that meeting we started discussing the idea of recording a Live session in the manner of some of the performances of Pentangle that we had watched on my cell phone in the pub. And so once Dave agreed to fly to Bergamo to record with me and Jodi - to round out the session we recruited the brilliant Italian singer Adele Pappalardo and bass player Robert Frassini Moneta.
The essence of what we documented on this record is the energy of a quickly assembled group who had never played together before, and due to time restrictions, we arranged parts and rehearsed for only a few hours the day before entering the studio. All the songs performed by the band were recorded in the studio by Marco Fasolo as a 'Live' session (4, 5, and 6 July 2022) - the tracks we used were from first or second take performances (Jodi and I really wanted to capture the energy of playing music together Live in the same space). I can hear things got a little loose in places, but overall we were really happy with how we all played together and grateful for recording the energy of that moment during those fleeting summer days in 2022.
'Black is the Colour' is quite a different arrangement of this traditional Scottish-American folk song and features Adele singing lead vocals and the drums of Dave Barbarossa
(Bow Wow Wow, Adam Ant. The arrangement started with the bass line I wrote (influenced a bit by Danny Thompson's work with Pentangle). This track is one of the cornerstones of the new record and was recorded mostly improvised in one take.
~ Buck Curran, February 7th, 2024
credits
released July 19, 2024
One Evening, Red Bird, Deep in the Lovin' Arms of My Babe, Black is the Colour, Song for Francesco, New Moontide recorded 'Live' by Marco Fasolo at Big Tree Studio, Brescia, Italy 4-6 July, 2022.
Sadness (take 5) recorded 17 January 2022 (additional mixing 3 February 2022), Sadness (Live) 24 January 2022, Zitkala-Sa/Song for Shylah (take 7) recorded 24 November 2021, Song for Francesco (take 4 - Alt Version & Demo) recorded 16 December 2021 by Buck Curran and Jodi Pedrali at Druso Rehearsal Space, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy.
Additional overdubs on Red Bird and Song for Francesco using Lap steel and Taishogoto.
Cover Photo by Sarp Tuncer
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering, Montreal, Canada
Buck Curran - Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Lap Steel
Dave Barbarossa - Drums
Jodi Pedrali - Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, and Taishogoto
Adele Pappalardo - Vocals on Deep In the Lovin' Arms of my Babe, Red Bird, One Evening, Song for Francesco, New Moontide
Roberto Frassini Moneta - Bass
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