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Aly Rowell

@alyrowell

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brown folk girl storyteller
San Diego, CA
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thank you 💗 vote at link in bio or here: https://www.cayamo.com/soundcheck/ by @alyrowell

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“Where It All Goes”, my debut LP, will be released October 16, 2026. The title track is out August 28 everywhere and OUT NOW on Bandcamp.

This is a record about the women in my family, browness, generational trauma, and the healing that is possible as long you’re alive. I’m so proud of this and all the beautiful friends that worked on it.

Thank you for listening <3

Produced by Julianna Zachariou @juliannazachariou
Engineered/mixing by James Bishop @jamesbishop.wav
Mastered by Amar Lal @ummm_r
Artwork hand painted by Jenna Aguon @tattoosbyjenna by @alyrowell

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Sometimes I think I’ll be happier if I achieve (). Or do (). Or have ().

So I wrote a song about this very human problem for @nprmusic tiny desk- ft. those San Diego planes

watch “Watercolor” now- whole thing link in bio

video/editing/engineering/why I get to do this thing: @natehef - u are the greatest part of me by @alyrowell

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“Where It All Goes” is out Oct 16 - title track out now

support local San Diego art ft. @friendsoffriends.sd by @alyrowell

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The final single from my record - Time is a Life ft. Julianna Zachariou - is out everywhere today.

This is my favorite tune on the album. This record handles a lot of heavy themes, but I don’t overall feel that way about life or art. I’m optimistic by nature. I’m earnest. And I truly believe life is worth living and not giving up on, even when you feel behind or forgotten. I had the lyrics for the hook and asked @juliannazachariou to help me flesh out the rest of the song, and it turned into a musing about time and what it is. It’s a life. It’s measured by lived in experience, as simple as that sounds, and we often over-complicate it by chasing our version of meaning that’s often shaped by pressures and social expectation.

Do your thing and live. You’ve got time.

Anyway, it also features a quote by the late Annie Dillard and this painting from the San Diego Museum of Art.

Now go listen to it!!!

Produced by Julianna Zachariou @juliannazachariou
Engineered / mixed by James Bishop @jamesbishop.wav
Mastered by Amar Lal @ummm_r by @alyrowell

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I’m a folk girl through and through but this song is way too good to not sing everywhere. Thanks for writing a banger @misshannahcohen ! by @alyrowell

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I wrote “Time is a Life” last year with my friend / producer of the record @juliannazachariou thinking about the mortal coil, time, and this Annie Dillard quote: “how we spend our days, of course, is how we spend our lives.”

What a life. Thank you for everything, Annie ❤️

“Time is a Life” ft. Julianna Zachariou - out Sept 25 by @alyrowell

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20 days ago

Be truthful and curious and let the good art follow.

@alyrowell on The Freewrite. Episode out now!!

#songwriting #musicpodcast #songwriters #lyricwriting #writingadvice by @alyrowell

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thanks for all the support <3

📸 @gabrielconover by @alyrowell

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Started recording Where It All Goes about a year ago w/ @jamesbishop.wav @juliannazachariou - I really couldn’t ask for a better crew & I can’t wait for yall to hear the rest of the tunes!

This record is about the immigrant women in my family, generational trauma, but also the healing that can happen as long as you’re alive. It’s lush and orchestral and crunchy while also being deeply intimate. It’s a record I wish existed for me as the oddball in my family. maybe it’ll reach the other fellow oddballs too :-)

also am proud to have worked with exclusively female producers up until this point <3

Single #3 is out Sept 25 everywhere & whole record’s out Oct 16

And peep my favorite recording moment from the record at the end x
📸 @jessifernie by @alyrowell

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ai will never have the pleasure of growing up with an immigrant mom and writing a record about it

Title track “Where It All Goes” out now and whole record out Oct 16! by @alyrowell

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Single 2, “Where It All Goes”, is out today. It’s the title track from my forthcoming record of the same name out Oct 16 <3

I wrote this with @juliannazachariou and it’s thematic to the whole record- a tune about generational trauma, what you pass along, and the person you choose to be. I love how indie rock it is, especially the angry violas that @the.bat.lady scratched and sang into it, and it has my favorite melodic line of the whole album. Anyway, I’m so proud of it, so go listen to it! And enjoy the bts of my brilliant friends :)))

Aly Rowell - lead vocals
Julianna Zachariou- acoustic guitar 1, acoustic guitar 2, electric guitar, bass
Bhatya Somer-MacAdams- viola
Jon Fatum - percussion/drums
Aly Rowell, Julianna Zachariou, Jordan Mageo-Sausser - background vocals

Produced by Julianna Zachariou @juliannazachariou
Engineered / mixed by James Bishop @jamesbishop.wav
Mastered by Amar Lal @ummm_r by @alyrowell

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