Alistair Murphy

Who is Alistair Murphy?

Alistair Murphy is a British songwriter, record producer and musician.

He is most noted for his work on Judy Dyble's 2009 album, Talking with Strangers. Murphy contributed piano, organ, guitar and other instruments, as well as having completed most of the recording. Murphy co-produced and co-wrote much of the album alongside No-Man's Tim Bowness.

Under the stage name The Curator, Murphy has released the solo album Sometime Soon, featuring contributions by Pat Mastelotto, Judy Dyble and Julianne Regan. Murphy has also produced and performed on two albums by Third World War frontman Terry Stamp.

The new album by The Curator, Inside the Whale and Other Stories was released January 2013. It features Pat Mastelotto, Steve Bingham, Mark Fletcher, Jeremy Salmon and Diana Hare with orchestral arrangements by Phil Toms.

July 2013 saw the release of Judy Dyble's album "Flow and Change", produced by and mostly co-written by Murphy, it featured most of the musicians who played on "Inside the Whale".

Murphy occasionally appears live, and played piano and guitar for the Talking with Strangers launch gig at the 100 Club, London in August 2009. 2009 also saw him play live with Dan Reed and Bob Mould.