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Brent Malin

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About Me


Brent Malin is a singer-songwriter currently living and performing in Pennsylvania. He has performed his original country and folk songs for audiences throughout the country--from California to his native state of Kansas and beyond. A songwriter’s songwriter with a keen ear for the poetry of everyday life, Malin’s well crafted lyrics and simple instrumentation make for bare sounding songs brimming with the folk wisdom of his prairie roots.
Brent came to music largely through his mother, a pianist, choir director, accountant, and jack-of-all-trades, as well as through growing up in the United Methodist Church where both his mother and father sang in the choir. On hymns like "Blest Be the Tie that Binds," Brent learned to sing the tenor line between his mother’s alto and his father’s bass; eventually Brent graduated to the bass line himself. While Brent was a college student, his grandpa Malin died, leaving Brent--his youngest grandson--the nylon string guitar he had purchased from the Sears-Roebuck catalog a number of years before. Eventually, Brent took his guitar to Iowa City, Iowa, a vibrant folk and roots-rock music scene and home to such nationally known talents as Greg Brown, Dave Moore, and Bo Ramsey. From there, Brent moved to Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and to San Francisco, continuing to perform both solo and in a variety of rock, roots, and blues bands.
Now living in Pittsburgh, Brent continues to play and record his own Kansas-bred Americana music--a style that a friend recently described as "Country and Mid-Western." His album, Long Long Way, was released in May of 2007.
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Member Since: 10/29/2006
Band Website: brentmalin.com
Band Members: Brent Malin, acoustic & electric guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano; Often with the help of: Mikiya Matsuda, lap steel, national steel; Jim Batcho, drums; Chuck Manchester, pedal steel
Influences: John Prine, Greg Brown, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Loudon Wainwright, Hank Williams, Dave Alvin, Tim O'brien, Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Whiskey Town, Woody Guthrie, James McMurtry, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Cash, Billy Bragg, Willie Nelson, Benny Holtsclaw, Kathleen Edwards, Charles Wesley, Bob Dylan, Ramblin' Jack Eliot, Rodney Crowell, and anyone whose voice cracks on a recording
Record Label: Horace Edward Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Long Long Way now available on itunes

In case your summer still needs a good soundtrack, I wanted to let you know that my newest CD Long Long Way is now available on itunes.  This means that you can download it to your brand spanking...
Posted by Brent Malin on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:27:00 PST

CD Release

After many months of planning, playing, recording, designing, thinking, andwaiting, I finally received the finished copies of my new CD this week. "LongLong Way" features 12 original Americana tunes t...
Posted by Brent Malin on Mon, 21 May 2007 03:03:00 PST

Long Long Way...

Dear Friends--The new recording is nearly finished.   I recorded it at a great little studio in Berkeley (Soundport Recording, operated by Michael Padilla) with the help of some great friend...
Posted by Brent Malin on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:41:00 PST