Charley is a writer and musician based in Queens, New York. He has written stories for Pitchfork, FLOOD Magazine, WBUR (Boston NPR), Brooklyn Magazine, Aquarium Drunkard, Reverb, Guitar.com, No Depression, Sound of Boston and others. Charley has interviewed and profiled many leading innovators in contemporary music, a list that includes Dirty Projectors, M. Ward, Destroyer, Spoon, Emily King, Kevin Morby, Avey Tare, Tim Heidecker, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jah Wobble, Haley Fohr, and Clint Conley of Mission of Burma. 

Charley has written, performed and toured with artists including Benny Sings, Madison McFerrin, Aubrey Haddard and others.