Merrill Garbus Becomes tUnE-yArDs

Merrill Garbus is the performer and multi-instrumentalist behind tUnE-yArDs " a music project that blends African-inspired rhythms and vocals with electric bass and saxophone. But she only discovered music after a failed career as a puppeteer. She tells Kurt Andersen she found musical inspiration as a student living in Africa; her mother's ukelele, purchased at an Army-Navy store, helped her to take the plunge.…

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