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Artist Information
Biography
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. Malin's most recent recording effort, "Long Long Way," captures his travels from the plains to the coasts and back, telling stories of lost souls, small towns, and big cities--all inflected by the down-home wisdom and music of his prairie roots.
Malin performs his unique blend of folk, country, and blues music both solo and with his hard rocking alt-country backing band, The Railroaders. Over the years he has had the opportunity to play such exciting venues as New York City's classic folk club the Bitter End, San Francisco's Cafe du Nord, and Pittsburgh's Club Cafe.
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." 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."
Instrumentation
Brent often performs solo, singing and playing acoustic guitar, harmonica, or piano (all of his songs were originally written as acoustic, solo numbers). He also plays full band shows with his backing group--The Railroaders--which includes bass, drums, and pedal steel guitar with the occasional banjo and mandolin as well.
Discography
Long Long Way (LP)
Official Website
Photo Gallery
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Publicity photo by Max DeLaure
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Photo by Max DeLaure
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Live at Cafe du Nord, San Francisco
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Brent Malin & The Railroaders, Club Cafe
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Setlist
Performing his original music (sprinkled with the occaisional traditional song, hymn, or cover tune), Brent can do up to three 45 minute sets.
Here is a typical set list of original songs:
Bridge to Alameda
Small town Boys
Elnora Sleeps
By and By
Rio Grande
Yesterdays
Halstead
No time Like the Present
Navigation
Silvermoon
Allyson
Long Long Way
Telluride
Two Trees
Business
Sad Train
Salvation Army
Larissa Smiles
Winter Moon
Mona Lisa Smile
The Ballad of Darry Matts
I Don't Miss You When You're Gone
Hundred Miles of Sky
Galilee
Shanty Town
Every Tear that You Cry
Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Alright Now
Circus Ride
Abilene
I Swear
Small World
Circus Ride
Moon Over Santa Fe
