Ali Dineen

“[WHAT YOU KNOW] IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HAS BEEN A REAL BALM TO ME. I THINK THE CHORUS OF IT SPEAKS TO OUR MOMENT PERFECTLY. IT'S ONE OF THE RARE SONGS THAT I LISTEN TO AND THINK, 'GOD, I WISH I'D THOUGHT OF THAT.' ... IF I'M ALONE ON THAT ISLAND, I'D PICK ALI DINEEN BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE ME HOPE."

Lin Manuel Miranda

“Ali’s songs are serious, without any concessions to pop trends, but they are sung with compassion and joy, and I was stunned in rapt attention...She doesn’t follow the structure of resolution and build-up that chord progressions are “supposed” to have, but manages to draw expertly contoured phrases anyway. Joni Mitchell said once in an interview: “...Music is when you pull the chords from your inner core, whether they sound weird to people or not, and anyone adventurous is doing that.” Ali Dineen is adventurous. Her songs show that she is following a heart she has practiced listening to…I’m not sure I’ve seen a more compelling, creative, and impressive musician so steeped in the history of folk music culture, and so truly herself. Watching Ali perform felt like witnessing something absolutely timeless.”

Elizabeth Varnado, “We Saw Music”

Ali Dineen is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Queens. She performs her original music regularly in New York City and across the so-called United States. Her lyrics are poetic and deeply personal, and highlight the intersections between personal experience, larger histories, and systems of power. Ali has performed at the Museum of Art and Design, the Caramoor American Roots Music Festival, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Folk Festival. She was awarded the Helene Wurlitzer Foundations Residency in Taos, New Mexico in the winter of 2020. She also works with local puppet troupe extraordinaire The Boxcutter Collective, and is part of a duet with the inimitable Feral Foster. Ali released her third album, Hold On, in 2020, and is currently working on a song cycle about Joan of Arc.

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