Welcome. Chicago-based folk rock band, Clara May, was officially born in Granada, Spain in 2008 under a neon sign. Having just seen the Al-hambra from the Mirador de San Nicolas for the first time, Tom Silva, a Malaysian-born filmmaker and Nicole Sotelo, a Harvard-trained theologian and author, wrote a cycle of ten songs to evoke the spirit of discovery and communion with the past that they felt. The music combined 60s folk with world music with grunge guitars and the choruses of anthem rock. But it wasn't till they met esteemed Chicago producer and musician, Phillip Amerson, that the project took off. After developing the material over almost two years, they assembled a band of seasoned players and entered Chicago's legendary Rax Trax Recording studios to cut the first Clara May album, Hush. Mastered by Doug McBride of Gravity Studios (Veruca Salt, the Walkmen), the album explores themes uncommon to mainstream indie music from identity to racism to ethnic conflicts to the war in Iraq. Clara May has dedicated their band to raising awareness of social issues and pledged 10% of their profits to charity.