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Tarkio

indie rock group which took its name from the town in Montana
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Tarkio

Summary

Tarkio is a musical group[1]. Tarkio ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tarkio's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Tarkio's genre is alternative country[4].
  • Tarkio's country of origin is recorded as United States[5].
  • Tarkio comprises Colin Meloy[6].
  • 1996 marks the founding of Tarkio[7].
  • Tarkio's start of work period is recorded as 1996[8].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[9]

  • Country: US[10]

  • Began / founded: 1996[11]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1999[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9b07f7a3-6d1a-4592-935c-4c0c798d6cea[13]

Body

Founding

1996 marks the founding of Tarkio[7].

Why It Matters

Tarkio ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tarkio-q7686280_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tarkio}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tarkio-q7686280}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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