That's more the approach of Merrill Garbus, whose solo project is spelled tUnE-yArDs. (Hey, you won't forget her name, right?) Her 2009 album BiRd-BrAiNs began life as a DIY cassette release, assembled with a handheld voice recorder the "note to self" kind and free audio-editing software.

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The Recorder of Preston, Judge Anthony Russell QC, said McMillan had put her "self-indulgent drugs lifestyle" ahead of the welfare of Kian, who died from "catastrophic injuries".

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He began collecting material on a tape recorder when he was 20, starting with the Seeger family's maid, Elizabeth Cotten, a self-taught guitarist.

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