Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards joins hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a conversation about their new album, Sketchy, and the complicated ideas about race that informed it. Plus, they interview writer Josh Terry about how the live music industry can be more accessible as concerts resume.

Accessibility Interview Transcript: https://soundopinions.org/show/809

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Featured Songs:

Tune-Yards, "hold yourself.," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Tune-Yards, "Bizness (Live on Sound Opinions)," Whokill, 4AD, 2011

Tune-Yards, "Now as Then," I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, 4AD, 2018

Tune-Yards, "homewrecker," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Tune-Yards, "make it right.," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Brocelïande, "Abbots Bromley Horn Dance," Flowing Glass: Sir Christèmas, Flowinglass Music, 2000

The Coup, "Hey Saturday Night (feat. Tune-Yards)," Sorry To Bother You: The Soundtrack, Interscope, 2018

Tune-Yards, "Money Money Money," Sorry To Bother You: The Score, Interscope, 2019

Craig Brenner, "Spring Is Near," Passages, (Self-released), 2020

Tune-Yards, "silence pt. 1 (when we say we)," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021

Led Zeppelin, "The Battle of Evermore," Led Zeppelin IV, Atlantic, 1971

Talking Heads, "The Great Curve," Remain in Light, Sire, 1980

Earth, Wind & Fire, "Spirit," Spirit, Columbia, 1976

Rare Earth, "Get Ready," Get Ready, Rare Earth, 1969

Bachelor, Jay Som, Palehound, "Stay in the Car," Stay in the Car (Single), Polyvinyl, 2021

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