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Ken Maiuri

Ken Maiuri
Birth name Kenneth Maiuri
Born 1971 (age 45–46)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Genres Rock, new wave
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, writer
Instruments Vocals, keyboards, guitar, acoustic, drums, vocals
Years active 1989–present
Associated acts The B-52's, Mark Mulcahy, Young@Heart Chorus, King Radio, TW Walsh, New Radiant Storm King, The Mammals, Gentle Hen, Henning Ohlenbusch's School for the Dead, The Fawns, The Soft Drugs, Pedro the Lion, The Fawns, Young At Heart, Marykate O'Neil, Sourpuss, Encyclopedia Brown, Ribboncandy, Michael Merenda Jr. & The Voltage Box, Mission Orange, The Greenbergs, The Tealights, The Maggies, Spouse, The Aloha Steamtrain, The National Convention, Nuclear Waste Management Club, Teens Across the North, Heather Maloney, The Super 8 Players, The TV Show

Kenneth 'Ken' Maiuri (1971) is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Florence, Massachusetts. Since early 2016 he has been the keyboardist for The B-52's He has played in numerous other bands, such as Pedro the Lion and The Mammals He has been part of the live band for performances of numerous "Picture-Stories" created by Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy, including The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or The Friends of Dr. Rushower, A Checkroom Romance and Up From the Stacks. He co-composed the music to Jason Mazzotta's 2015 short film The Century of Love, Part I. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Ellen DeGeneres Show (as a member of the Young@Heart Chorus band), Fresh Air (with Mark Mulcahy), and Mountain Stage (with Mark Mulcahy and The Mammals).

Ken Maiuri writes the weekly music column Clubland for the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

He also hosts the freeform Monday night radio show Wiggly World, every Monday night from 8 - 10 p.m. EST at WMUA.org (91.1 FM).


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