Shook Twins

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Background information
Origin Sandpoint, Idaho
Genres Folk, pop, indie rock
Years active2004-present
LabelsDutch Records
MembersKatelyn Shook
Laurie Shook
Niko Daoussis
Aber Miller
Past membersLane Exworthy
Josh Simon
Barra Brown
Kyle Volkman
Colin Duclos
Website www.shooktwins.com

Shook Twins is a folk music group originally from Sandpoint, Idaho and currently based in Portland, Oregon, formed in 2004. The nucleus of the band consists of identical twin sisters Katelyn (guitar, mandolin, banjo, glockenspiel, telephone microphone) and Laurie Shook (banjo, guitar, tambourine, golden egg).

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Their style of music is often referred to as "quirky folk", [1] which incorporates acoustic instrumentation including banjo, guitar, upright bass, mandolin, ukelele, glockenspiel, djembe, and their signature golden egg. Twin harmonies layered on top of acoustic instrumentation are coupled with Laurie’s beatboxing and inventive use of a looping machine, and Katelyn’s repurposed telephone microphone. The use of electronics set their sound apart, creating an eclectic and eccentric blend of folk, roots, pop and fun. A Shook Twins staple is also the addition of choruses or lines from other contemporary songs to their own songs, remix-style. [2]

They have toured coast to coast performing at festivals including High Sierra Music Festival, Oregon Country Fair, Hulaween, Northwest String Summit, Summer Camp Music Festival, Electric Forest, Lightning in a Bottle, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Arise Music Festival, [3] Four Corners Folk Festival, Fayetteville Roots and more.

History

Katelyn and Laurie Shook were born in 1984 and grew up in Sandpoint in the Idaho Panhandle. At a very young age, the twins started singing, joining the choir in fifth grade which they continued in high school. They developed their musical repertoire and talent throughout their teen years and subsequently enrolled at the University of Idaho at Moscow in 2002 to pursue radio/TV/digital media majors. In 2004, they both took a year off from college and played their first paid gig at a restaurant. Soon after they secured a regular gig at a winery and established themselves as the "Shook Twins". [4] The sisters played in and around Sandpoint and northern Idaho, releasing their first album You Can Have the Rest in 2008. Advancing their career, the sisters moved to Portland in December 2009, where they worked on their 2011 release Window. Kyle Volkman was an original member of the band joining in 2007 but left for a time and rejoined the sisters in Portland in 2009. Niko Daoussis (vocals, mandolin, guitar) formerly of The Bucky Walters joined the band as a full-time member in 2012 and often performs as his solo act, Cyber Cambel.

On April 6, 2012, an exclusive audio track "Hooks" debuted on MTV Hive. On April 23, 2012, the Shook Twins song "Rose" was featured in NPR's The Muse Mix: 100 Songs That Cry Her Name. [5] Shook Twins recorded in April/May 2013 with Grammy-nominated producer Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, Milo Green) at his Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington. A new song/video premiere from their forthcoming album debuted on Relix on July 26, 2013. [6] Katelyn and Laurie Shook's side projects include partnering with fellow Portland musician Ben Darwish with the group Morning Ritual on his folk opera "The Clear Blue Pearl". A recent live studio session from Oregon Public Broadcasting was featured on OPB's website. On April 5, 2018, Shook Twins debuted their single "Stay Wild" on Baeble Music. [7]

In 2021, Shook Twins were reported to be appearing on the podcast Storybound . [8]

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Notes

  1. Ham 2013.
  2. Black 2012.
  3. "You are being redirected..." arisefestival.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  4. Frye 2012.
  5. Teel 2012.
  6. "Video Premiere: Shook Twins "Holler It Down"". Relix. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  7. "BAEBLE FIRST PLAY: 'Stay Wild' by Shook Twins". Baeble Music. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  8. "Announcing Season 4 of the Storybound Podcast". 4 June 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  9. "Video Premiere: Shook Twins "Holler It Down"". Relix. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  10. "Premiere: Shook Twins' 'Shake'". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  11. "Song Premiere: Shook Twins, "Thoughts All In" - American Songwriter". American Songwriter. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  12. "Morning Ritual". opbmusic.org. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  13. "Video Premiere: Shook Twins "Awhile"". Relix. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  14. "Song Premiere: Shook Twins, "Call Me Out"". AllMusic . Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  15. "The Shook Twins Premiere New Song "Mad Scientist"". No Depression. 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  16. "Feel "Safe" in the latest melodious ballad from Shook Twins - EARMILK". Earmilk . 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  17. "BAEBLE FIRST PLAY: 'Stay Wild' by Shook Twins". Baeble Music. Retrieved 2018-06-25.

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