Sneak Preview: Merrill Garbus' Ukulele
An old ukulele " bought at an Army-Navy store " started Merrill Garbus on the path to drum-looping, face-painting renown with her band tUnE-yArDs. She told Kurt Andersen that her mother's uke helped her make the career switch from aspiring puppeteer to inventive musician and critical darling. Garbus brought her ukulele to WNYC's Jerome L. Greene Performance Space for a special live taping of Studio 360. She brou…