Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Cream Calendar Arborea, Paper Hats & Lower Dens Tonight at Betty's
Posted by Steve Haruch on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:16 AM
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Folk fans will want to head out tonight to catch a solid bill on the West Side. D.P.R. gets Critic's Picky about the whole thing in this week's glossy:
When it comes to contemporary experimental artists, the word "haunting" gets tossed around an awful lot -- probably an egregious amount, in fact. But the creeping, ethereal folk landscapes created by Maine duo Arborea could hardly be described more aptly. Husband and wife Shanti and Buck Curran use banjo, acoustic guitar and Ban-Jammer -- that's a special sort of banjo-dulcimer made by Tennessee luthier Mike Clemmer -- to construct delicate, warmly intimate numbers that are often grouped with the psych-folk movement, though theirs is a more subtle and minimalist strain. Virtuosic local sideman William Tyler also performs as his solo project Paper Hats. Warm and enveloping but never wanky, Paper Hats shows typically feature the capably strummed Telecaster of Tyler with occasional accompaniment from cello or some other beautifully moody and subtle instrumentation. Baltimore's Lower Dens -- who are signed to Devendra Banhart's label, Gnomonsong -- will also perform.
9 p.m. at Betty's Bar & Grill, 407 49th Ave. N.
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