{{Short description|American folk/pop band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{About||people with the given name|Shel|the oil company whose stock ticker is SHEL|Shell plc}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = SHEL | image = SHEL 2015.jpg | caption = SHEL in 2015 | origin = Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. | genre = | years_active = 2010–present | label = Moraine Music Group | website = {{URL|shelmusic.com}} | current_members = * Sarah Holbrook * Hannah Holbrook * Eva Holbrook * Liza Holbrook }}
'''SHEL''' is an American folk/pop band from Fort Collins, Colorado, United States.<ref name="usatoday1">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/11/22/shel-lost-at-sea-video-premiere/3674323/ |title=Video premiere: SHEL's 'Lost at Sea' |website=Usatoday.com |date=November 22, 2013 |accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> The band is composed of the four Holbrook sisters, where SHEL is an acronym for their names, Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza. Eva is on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, cello, and mandolin; Hannah on vocals, accordion and keys; Sarah on vocals, bass and fiddle; and Liza on percussion, djembe, and beat boxing. They began their career backing up their father, guitarist/singer Andrew Holbrook.<ref name="outsidetheboxmusic1">{{cite web |url=http://www.outsidetheboxmusic.com/shel-a-band-for-the-new-music-business |title=SHEL – A Band for the New Music Business | Outside the Box Music |website=www.outsidetheboxmusic.com |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084810/http://www.outsidetheboxmusic.com/shel-a-band-for-the-new-music-business |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The band takes part in directing their own music videos.<ref name="usatoday1"/>
==Career== ===Early career=== Sarah, Hannah, Eva, and Liza were born within five years of each other. As children, they were raised and home-schooled by an artist mother and professional songwriter father.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/07/20/shel-freckles-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726020650/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/07/20/shel-freckles-video |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |title=Music News - MTV |website=Buzzworthy.mtv.com |date=March 17, 2020 |accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> They formed a family-style folk band with their father Andrew Holbrook before forming the band SHEL.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scenemagazine.info/2012/03/01/shel-fort-collins%E2%80%99-talented-sister-act-continues-to-amaze/ |title=Scene Magazine :: Entertainment & Lifestyle for the Northern Front Range |website=www.scenemagazine.info |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628073203/http://www.scenemagazine.info/2012/03/01/shel-fort-collins%E2%80%99-talented-sister-act-continues-to-amaze/ |archive-date=June 28, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> SHEL has been performing since 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmusicmag.com/m/2012/05/folk-forward-next-generation/ |title=M Music & Musicians Magazine » FOLK FORWARD – NEXT GENERATION |website=Mmusicmag.com |date= |accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref>
A friend of the family made a connection with Grammy-winning producer Brent Maher of Moraine Music Group, which led to a publishing deal.<ref name="outsidetheboxmusic1"/> Over three years SHEL completed several EPs, and released a self-titled debut album. Between 2010 and 2011, they were signed with Republic Nashville, but did not release anything for the label.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/11/shel_moves_forward.php |title=Shel moves forward after parting ways with Republic Nashville with new five-songEP | Westword |website=Blogs.westword.com |date=November 18, 2011 |accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref>
===Filmography=== SHEL's music can be heard in television shows including ABC Family/ABC.com's On The Rise. Their new song "When The Sky Fell" and "just a shadow" was featured in ABC Family's new show ''The Fosters'' and "On My Way" can be heard in the CBS series Made In Jersey. The song "Wise Old Owl" was featured in the new Splenda commercial. The song "I was Born a Dreamer" was featured in a Toys"R"Us 2015 holiday commercial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoT0Y9zNHAw |title=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> More of SHEL's music can also be found in Glade's Scented Oil Candles national television ad campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stafaband.info/download/mp3/lagu_shel_when_the_sky_fell_featured_on_abc_familys_the_fosters/ |title=SHEL WHEN THE SKY FELL FEATURED ON ABC FAMILY'S THE FOSTERS - Mp3 Download (4.16 MB) |website=www.stafaband.info |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821094015/http://www.stafaband.info/download/mp3/lagu_shel_when_the_sky_fell_featured_on_abc_familys_the_fosters/ |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scenemagazine.info/2012/10/29/shel-soulful-spunky-sister-quartet-takes-flight/ |title=Scene Magazine :: Entertainment & Lifestyle for the Northern Front Range |website=www.scenemagazine.info |access-date=January 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224041434/http://www.scenemagazine.info/2012/10/29/shel-soulful-spunky-sister-quartet-takes-flight/ |archive-date=February 24, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Their music has also been used in an independent film.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Their song "Stronger Than My Fears" was used in a TV commercial for the drug product Dolex Forte (GSK) in Colombia.
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Shel'' (2012) * ''Just Crazy Enough'' (2016 * A Family Christmas (2018) with Jars of Clay
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==External links== * [http://www.shelmusic.com Official website]
Category:American folk music groups Category:Country music groups from Colorado Category:Republic Records artists