George Alley is Philadelphia-based multi-media artist whose music has been the center of his work as a composer, performer, professor, journalist podcaster, choreographer and curator.
First forming a band in high school with Frank Musarra of Hearts of Darknesses who he continues to collaborate with on this upcoming album, Alley has been releasing singles, performing and using his original music for performance and dance pieces as part of his company Alley Ink. Performance has informed his work either in his music video collaborations with Adam Peditto or as a curator for 5 years of the Philadelphia multimedia arts festival Collage
He is a frequent music contributor for the UK-based LGBT pop culture Loverboy Magazine. Interviewing a variety of notable musicians. As well as a podcaster for the top-ten iTunes comedy podcast “I’m Going to Kill You!” And The pandemic cast “Queerona”
As a professor he teaches courses on punk and creativity. This work informs his music through an emphasis on the DIY ethos, and the philosophies of chance, spontaneity and assemblage.
After a release of a digital only remade version of his 2017 single Just Leave Me Dreaming this February; Alley will be releasing his self-titled debut album, George Alley, this spring. Produced by Ian Romer with additional production from Frank Musarra it also features musical contributions from Norma Alley(vocals), Eric Coyne(cello) Sasha Ki(violin,viola) Russel Kotchner (violin), Jack Reilly (drums) Alec Spiegelman (saxophone) and Branson Yeast (cello).
To accompany this release a 5 song concert has been filmed and will be released along with 3 promotional music videos. A collectible run of 500 albums will be available on “transparent root beer” vinyl pressed by Gottagroove Records. Live dates will be posted on georgealley.com
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