[3] In 2005, Clare Muldaur attended the Berklee School of Music to study jazz composition.
She and Olivier Manchon formed the band with Alan Hampton on bass, Beth Meyers on viola, Christopher Hoffman on cello, and Greg Ritchie on drums.
They released their first album, The Movie, two years later, with guest appearances by Van Dyke Parks and Sufjan Stevens.
[2][3] To support their second album, Arrow, Clare and the Reasons toured the U.S. and Canada with Van Dyke Parks, Vic Chesnutt, and Nouvelle Vague.
[7] Clare Manchon has two songs in the French films, Jusqu'à toi, and Les Nuits de Sister Welsh.