Alex Maiolo is an American musician, writer, and health care reform advocate who lives in the Chapel Hill / Carrboro area of Orange County, North Carolina.
Past collaboration and curatorial work includes The Suburban Summit, near Copenhagen Denmark, a one-week writing project with Toko Yasuda, John Schmersal, Bo Madsen, Dave Allen of Gang of Four, and Nils Gröndahl, among others.
In 2010 he was asked by Chris Stamey to aid in organizing a live performance of Big Star's Third/Sister Lovers record with guest musicians including Jody Stephens, the only surviving member of the band, Mitch Easter, Will Rigby, and Mike Mills of R.E.M.
[citation needed] The performance was repeated at Webster Hall, in New York City, on March 26, 2011, again with Stephens, Easter, Rigby, and Mills, and also included Michael Stipe, Matthew Sweet, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, Ira Kaplan, Tift Merritt, and many other guest musicians.
In 2015 he became a voting member of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (aka The Grammys), Producers & Engineers Wing.
[17] On May 28, 2010, Maiolo and other Carrboro-area musicians performed in a tribute concert remembering recently deceased Big Star lead singer Alex Chilton.