Kenneth Maiuri is an American 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 "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. Maiuri co-composed the music to Jason Mazzotta's 2015 short film The Century of Love, Part I. He has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (with The B-52's), 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).
Career
MediaDarlings (1989–1994) (guitar/vocals, with Cullen Faugno on bass/vocals) Sourpuss (1994–1995) (guitar, with Alyssa Marchese on bass, Brian Marchese on drums and Todd McMurray on vocals) Ribboncandy (1996–present) (guitar/vocals, with Joel Boultinghouse from Tizzy on bass and Rich Germain from Stringbean on drums) Encyclopedia Brown (drums) King Radio (keyboards) Mission Orange (keyboards) Michael Merenda Jr. & The Voltage Box (drums, glockenspiel, backing vocals) Dew Claw (guitar) The New Harmful (guitar) The Greenbergs (bass) TW Walsh (drums, guitar, bass) New Radiant Storm King (bass, guitar, keyboards) The Aloha Steamtrain (keyboards) The Tealights (bass) The National Convention (keyboards) The Maggies (guitar, keyboards) The Mammals (2002-late 2003: bass, guitar, drums, keyboards) School for the Dead (2001–2014) (keyboards) The Soft Drugs (bass) Pedro the Lion (2004 – 2005: bass, backing vocals) The Fawns (keyboards) Young@Heart Chorus (bass, accordion, piano) Marykate O'Neil (keyboards, backing vocals) Mark Mulcahy (keyboards, drums, guitar, bass) Gentle Hen (2014 – present: keyboards, guitar) The B-52's (2016 – present: keyboards, guitar)
Ken Maiuri wrote the weekly music column "Clubland" for the Daily Hampshire Gazette from April 1995 – February 2020.
He hosts the long-running radio programs "Wiggly World" (a freeform mix, Monday nights 8 – 11 p.m. ET) and the "Saturday Jazz Show" (Saturdays 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. ET) online, on the Mixlr broadcast platform.
Discography
1994
Sourpuss – Rocket Day (7-inch EP)
1996
Ribboncandy - Dynamic Ribbon Device (cassette EP)
1998
Ribboncandy - Girlfriend Is Mad (cassette EP) King Radio – Mr. K is Dead, Go Home (Tar Hut) The Maggies – Homesick (ChickenMan Records)
1999
Chappaquiddick Skyline – S/T (Sub Pop)
2000
Joe Pernice – Big Tobacco (Glitterhouse) Spouse – Nozomi (Pigeon/Wormco) Pernice Brothers – E.P. (Ashmont Records)
2001
Michael J. Merenda Jr. – Trapped In the Valley (Humble Abode) The Maggies – Robot Stories (Garageband Records) TW Walsh – Blue Laws (Truckstop) The Maggies – Breakfast at Brelreck’s (ChickenMan Records) Hit the Hay Vol. 5 (Sound Asleep Records)
2002
King Radio – The Mission Orange EP (Not Lame) The Mammals – Evolver (Humble Abode) New Radiant Storm King – Winter's Kill (Rainbow Quartz) The Aloha Steamtrain – The Aloha Steamtrain (Rub Wrongways)
2003
Pierce Woodward – Leave No Millionaire Behind
The Pelicans – London Crawling (Rub Wrongways) School for the Dead – The Chain CD (Rub Wrongways) Sitting Next To Brian – A Cartoon, A Joke (Rub Wrongways) The New Harmful – Hum In My Home (Youth Electronix)
2004
King Radio – Are You the Sick Passenger? (Spirithouse) Pedro the Lion – Tour EP (Self-released) Miranda Brown – Baystate (Pigeon) School for the Dead – The New You (Rub Wrongways) The Mammals – Rock That Babe (Signature Sounds) Spouse – Are You Gonna Kiss Or Wave Goodbye? (Pigeon) The Q People: A Tribute To NRBQ (Spirithouse) Michael J Merenda Jr – Election Day At This Stage: 30 Years At The Wheatland Music Festival
2005
Mark Mulcahy – In Pursuit of Your Happiness (Mezzotint) Pierce Woodward – Blow Them Away Mark Mulcahy – Franks and a Flag (Mezzotint) Mark Mulcahy – Love’s the Only Thing That Shuts Me Up EP (Mezzotint) Headphones – Headphones (Suicide Squeeze)
2006
The Soft Drugs – In Moderation EP
The Mammals - Departure (Signature Sounds) The Ray Mason Band – Don't Mess With Our Routine (Hi-N-Dry) The Fawns – A Nice Place To Be (Rub Wrongways) Michael J Merenda Jr. – Quiver (Humble Abode) A Case for Case (A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case) (Hungry for Music)
2007
Spouse – Relocation Tactics (Pigeon)