Ed Alkalay

A singer/songwriter based in Washington, D.C., whose sound blends folk, country, and soft rock influences, Ed Alkalay was born in Mountainside, NJ, and grew up in and around New York City. Alkalay began writing and singing songs while in high school, and after studying English and Philosophy at the University of New York at Albany, he began to pursue a career in music. In 1991, Alkalay began gigging around New York City, and in time he found enthusiastic supporters at Fast Folk Cafe, a venue operated by the editors of Fast Folk magazine, an audio periodical which regularly iss...