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tUnE-yArDs (Anna M Campbell/Courtesy of the artist)
Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, recorded her 2009 debut BiRd-BrAiNs straight to a voice recorder using mostly a ukulele and voice, looped over and again. It was an intimate, lo-fi affair drawing as much from R&B and Afro-pop as folk and rock - and the album was beloved as her high-intensity live shows. Her new record, w h o k i l l, marries the high and the "lo" in a joyful noise. Merrill and her band join us to explain all that font-formatting, and to perform live in studio.
tUnE-yArDs is playing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday, May 21st, 2011. More information here.
You can also watch the band perform in a Studio 360 webcast, live from The Greene Space, on Monday, May 23rd, 2011. More information here.
Comments [8]
Love Merrill. Great interview.
I have a feeling that Joni Mitchell is enjoying Melissa's music as much as I am...her range is stunning and her talent is forceful !
'bizness" is an interesting piece but after hearing their other tunes it seems that they are inconsistant.
A 'one trick pony perhaps'. Enjoy it while you can before you fade back into Brooklyn obsurity...
Annoying banter, thanks for sharing, but my ears didn't appreciate it.
why do i think i'm hearing Nina Simone in that? surprising; cool very modern take on a very tribal sound.
tEd-iOuS
At 2:47 pm I couldn't take it anymore and had to turn off the radio.
If you get a chance, can you ask Merrill what it was like working with Mirah and Thao on their new record?
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