Dorothy Moskowitz

Singer, composer, and instrumentalist Dorothy Moskowitz is best remembered by fans of forward-thinking rock music as a member of the influential experimental band the United States of America, whose self-titled 1968 album made striking use of electronics and avant-garde composition techniques grafted to psychedelic rock. Moskowitz's vocals and lyrics were an important part of what made the group's only album memorable, and she would go on to a subsequent career that was impressively diverse -- she backed Country Joe McDonald, wrote music for the TV series Sesame Street, collaborated with experimental rock musician Todd Tamanend Clark and novelist Tim Lucas, and taught music to children. In her eighties, Moskowitz teamed with avant-garde musician Francesco Paolo Paladino and author and lyricist Luca Chino Ferrari to create the 2023 album Under an Endless Sky, credited to Dorothy Moskowitz & the United States of Alchemy.