Dawg Yawp is a folk-based duo that combines sitar, guitar, synth and drum samples alongside beautiful harmonies. Tyler Randall and Rob Keenan are lifelong friends that attended Berklee together, only to return to their native Cincinnati to focus on the project. Their debut self-titled LP has started generating national praise from NPR to KCRW, WXPN, Consequence of Sound and beyond. Like its Ohioan cousins in The Black Keys, Dawg Yawp is a duo that sounds much bigger than two people - NPR Music Best of 2016 On paper, the idea of a sitar-guitar Appalachian folk duo may seem puzzling, but in the hands of Dawg Yawp, it works - Bob Boilen NPR