New Band Rainbow Body Launched Featuring Members Of Dawes, Goose & More

Quoia, a new alliance of industry stewards committed to protecting nature, is marking its launch with the announcement of Rainbow Body, an extraordinary musical collaboration featuring Taylor Goldsmith and Griff Goldsmith (Dawes), Rick Mitarotonda (Goose), Eric Krasno (Lettuce, Soulive), Ross James (Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band) and Adam MacDougall (Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Circles Around the Sun), with special appearances from Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Company, The Allman Brothers Band) and Nicki Bluhm.

Anchored by Taylor Goldsmith’s evocative songwriting and elevated by the chemistry of its accomplished players, Rainbow Body will make their eagerly awaited live debut at Laguna Beach, CA’s Coast Film & Music Festival on Friday, October 23. Tickets will be available for pre-sale this Thursday, August 27, at noon PT. Rainbow Body came together for Quoia’s inaugural Quoia Session, which invites artists to come to the wildest places on Earth, listen to the wisdom of the land and those living closest to it, and channel new sounds shaped by those places.

Quoia Session 1 took place at Flóki Studios, a world-class remote recording studio and independent record label located near the Arctic Circle on a converted sheep farm in the Fljót Valley on the Troll Peninsula in Northern Iceland. There, the band recorded eight original tracks together, seamlessly blending psychedelic rock, Americana, soul, folk and improvisation into a sound that feels both timeless and adventurous. Proceeds from Quoia Session 1 will benefit the North Atlantic Salmon Fund, which is a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to Atlantic salmon and marine biodiversity. Future Quoia Sessions are in the works with new artists in new wild places.

Quoia Sessions, which ask artists to join them in wild places to create three expressions of each experience: recorded music, a printed magazine that explores the people, places, and conservation efforts behind each session, and immersive experiences that carry the session to new audiences. Proceeds and awareness from the music flow back to fund conservation of the place that inspired it. The place shapes the sound, the sound travels outward, and what echoes back protects the land where it began.