Background
She was born in Brighton, England and following a short period living in the Czechoslovakian Republic moved to Chicago, United States in 2008, studying English Literature and Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
She was born in Brighton, England and following a short period living in the Czechoslovakian Republic moved to Chicago, United States in 2008, studying English Literature and Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Clarke has collaborated with Canadian hip hop artist Buck 65, contributing guitar to his Dirtbike 3/3 project In April 2008, Clarke flew to Amsterdam to record a guitar improvisation with Andy Moor of The Exchange Their collaboration "Guitargument" was released digitally by File Thirteen Records on 17 February 2009 and as a Civil Defense edition by hellosQuare recordings in late 2010.
She is also a freelance writer and has written about music for publications including The Wire, The Guardian, and Pitchfork Media.
From 2009 to 2013, Clarke wrote a column on Chicago"s classical music scene for Time Out Chicago.
She formed a new band, Follows, in 2008 in Chicago with members of Russian Circles, Bloodiest, and Atombombpocketknife.