Yarn + The Mike Dillon Band

You might expect a band that calls itself Yarn to, naturally, tend to spin a yarn or two. ?that?s what we do, we tell stories, live and in the studio, truth, and fiction? singer/songwriter Blake Christiana insists. ?We don?t always opt for consistency. There?s a different vibe onstage from what comes through in our recordings. There?s a difference in every show as well, you never know what you?re going to get.? // How many artists have been praised a ?punk rock provocateur,? ?jazz vibraphone visionary,? and ?percussion virtuoso? in the same sentence? There?s only one: Mike Dillon. Whether through his affiliation with artists like Les Claypool, Primus, Rickie Lee Jones, Dean Ween Group and Ani Difranco, and collaborations such as Nolatet, Garage a Trois, The Dead Kenny G’s, Critters Buggin or bands he has led, including Mike Dillon Band, Mike Dillon’s New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium, Billy Goat and Hairy Apes BMX, the Texas-native has set his own standard for 25 years now