Quiles & Cloud - Shake Me Now

When Maria Quiles (vocals and guitar) and Rory Cloud (vocals and guitar) met in 2011, both were adrift. Several years of touring and spending nearly every day together allowed Quiles & Cloud to develop a unique sound - one that is characterized by soulful melodies, close harmonies, and interweaving guitar lines that owe as much to jazz and classical music as to folk and bluegrass. The addition of Oscar Westesson (upright bass) in 2013 pushed them even further as songwriters, resulting in darker, more complex, and more dissonant arrangements.'Shake Me Now' is stripped-down, yet dense. There are musical and lyrical traces of the blues, bluegrass, folk, rock, soul, and classical music. Their songwriting stands out on the title track, Shake Me Now as well as the upbeat and hopeful One My Way Tonight. In addition to their original songs, there are reinterpreted versions of the traditional blues number Deep Ellum Blues, the traditional folk tune Worried Man Blues, and Bob Dylan's You Ain't Goin' Nowhere. One gets the feeling of being on a widescreen road trip through America's past and present, with multiple eras and traditions folding in upon each other. The result sounds familiar and roadworn, yet completely new�a quality that Quiles & Cloud share with some of American music's greatest innovators.

A compelling new voice on the Americana scene. �Acoustic Guitar

. . .reflect the whimsical, bohemian nature that their hometown once embraced and embodied. A mix of folk, jazz, rock, and more . . . �Folk Alley