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James McNew, Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley of Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s James McNew Talks Back

January 30, 2024 by: John Wirt

A shining, surviving example of 1980s indie-rock, the New Jersey-spawned Yo La Tengo is 40 years into its continuously creative existence—singer and guitarist Ira Kaplan and his wife, singer and drummer Georgia Hubley, co-founded their shared life’s work in 1984. Bassist James McNew joined the couple in 1991, coming aboard in time to record 1992’s May I Sing With Me and write as well as play for the album cited as the trio’s first masterpiece, 1993’s Pain.
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