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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've never really known if that was meant to compliment or insinuate that I'm completely out of my mind. Either way, it's pretty accurate. My name is Egyptian, I grew up on the Mexican border, and I can translate the hell out of a Turkish menu. I'm 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) sport my great-uncle's cowboy boots 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.

As far as the music goes, I sometimes call it "dirty-latin-gypsy-jazz-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). See:

"Tadros is pretty ballsy." (VOX)

"....leaves the listener chuckling about their own drunken follies."
(Music Connection Magazine)

"I was frequently reminded of the more soulful side of Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and so on…though those ladies would never use the language Tadros employs" (F.A.M.E)

"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. Everyone deserves a chance to form their own opinion. So why not join my really-awesome-but-mostly-ridiculous mailing list to find out about shows in your neighborhood? Or hey, how about your living room?

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