Ali Dineen
Ali Dineen is a poet-composer born and raised in Queens, whose 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, among other wonderful venues, and was awarded the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency in 2020.
Ali is also the music director for local puppet troupe extraordinaire The Boxcutter Collective, arranges music and sings with Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir, and is part of a duet with the inimitable Feral Foster. Ali released a third album, Hold On, in 2020, and is currently working on a new piece about Joan of Arc.
“[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.”
Recent Releases
Spirit House Sessions (2021)