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I took it anyways.

"Her last name is Greek but, once you speak to Aly Tadros, you always end up in Egypt or Pakistan." - San Antonio Current.

I don't really know if that's supposed to be a compliment or a sign that I'm completely out of my mind, but it makes me smile. Cause my name actually is Egyptian - which my father insists is not the same as Arab - which I think it hilarious. I love the blues, furniture with a story, and my great uncle's cowboy boots. I like to think life is way too short not to laugh till it hurts AND eat salsa till you cry on a daily basis. (But not at the same time. That might be dangerous.) I also like to think of myself as a gypsy at heart. Except I don't steal things.

After moving between Laredo, Istanbul, Cairo, New York City, and San Antonio, I settled down in Austin, Texas to (1) be a singer/songwriter, (2) wear my great-uncle's cowboy boots (seriously, they're like 85) and (3) constantly refer to myself in the third person, as is the general custom when you are a solo artist attempting to write your bio late late at night...

...fast forward two years, and Aly has never been happier.

My debut album, "Things Worth Keeping" was mixed, engineered and produced by a very wonderful and very tall producer named Duane Lundy at Shangri-la Productions in Lexington, KY. A few fine and talented men, Justin Craig, Robby Cosensa, and Ben Sollee, worked on the album too. They also have their own projects, These United States & The Sparrow Quartet, which you would be sore to miss. I released the album in August 22, 2009, in a theatre space I converted into my living room for just one night.

See, I moved out of my cozy Austin, TX nook and have since taken to the road; playing in 20 states (my new years resolution! yay!) in four months along with my best friend, Miss Alyse Black, and her obnoxiously cute Boston Terrier, Tink. Now we're headed to tour Europe, apparently to play music but I'm mostly psyched about riding trains everywhere.

If you'd like to know about my music, I sometimes call it "dirty-latin-gypsy-jazz-carnie-folk." But that's not-so-poignant. There are a few very nice writers who took the time to write some nice things about my music, and I think they do a much better job (better with the words, they are). For example:

"Tadros is pretty ballsy." (VOX)

"I was frequently reminded of the more soulful side of Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and so on mixed with shades of the best pro backing vocalists: Lesley Duncan, Kiki Dee, and the like…though those ladies would never use the language Tadros employs" (F.A.M.E)

"Aly explores the ironies and triumphs of life in a way that listeners can immediately identify with, regardless of the particular situation that gave rise to the song. Selections such as "Names we Forget" leave the listener chuckling about their own drunken follies."
(Music Connection Magazine)

"What resonates about Tadros’ vocals is that they sound fresh, sound genuine and from the gut. She sounds like a woman self aware and in control.Things Worth Keeping simply highlights a performer with much to say and the grace to tell it indifferently."
(Bootleg Magazine)

But hey, down with groupthink, I say. I think everyone deserves a chance to form their own opinion. So why not join my super-awesome-but-mostly-ridiculous mailing list and find out about shows in your neighborhood? (or, if I'm really lucky, maybe your living room?)

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