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tUnE-YaRdS - Interview with Marc Riley

Experimental group tUnE-YaRdS were in session for Marc Riley - hear the full interview here.

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Biography

Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs) is the music project of New England native Merrill Garbus. When performing live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot, and layers these with ukulele, voice, and electric bass played by Nate Brenner. The Whokill (stylized as w h o k i l l) tour has added a saxophone section, consisting of Matt Nelson and Noah Bernstein.

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