The NEW T-SHIRTS are finally up on the website store…so you can order some for the whole family as there are many sizes and colors to choose from. The Malone Mall is fully stocked and Big Red is poised with her sharpy, ready to address your package! I signed a bunch before I left in case you happen to want a cd with my sharpy mark!
Pity me, I almost missed this release. Fortunately fate intervened and I’ve now got my lead candidate in the summer album derby. Malone’s blend of Southern rock and blues, with the occasional folk and acoustic rock interlude, are the perfect accompaniment for sunny summer days. And lest there be any doubt, she wields a rockin’ guitar. “Debris” is an instant classic, starting as a brooding Southern rocker before breaking into an uplifting pop chorus. I’ll have this on constant rotation all summer, I’m sure. Continue Reading
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Michelle Malone has been making hard-edged albums that combine blues, folk, rock, and country music for more than 20 years, but still remains criminally underrated as an artist. With a few exceptions, Debris is a blues-rock outing delivered with her trademark gritty vocals, solid guitar work, and a handpicked band that includes guitarist Peter Stroud (Sheryl Crow), keyboard player Tony Reyes (Gwen Stefani), longtime collaborator Phil Skipper on bass, and Dave Anthony (Butch Walker, Ike) on drums. Nick DiDia (Bruce Springsteen, the Black Crowes, Train) produces with a light hand to keep the sound raw and dirty.
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”A proper American cocktail that’s best drunk straight up.”
-BILLBOARD
“Whether moanin’ at midnight and howlin’ at the delta moon, or serving up a steamy blend of Tom Pettyesque twang-pop and Creedence Clearwater choogle, Malone’s the sexiest, most swaggering-est gal rocker on the goddam planet right now. “
-BLURT MAGAZINE
“Michelle Malone rocks!”
-DAILY LOCAL NEWS
from the Providence Journal Thursday Apr 9, 2009
By Rick Massimo
Ask Michelle Malone where she’s calling from and she says, “I’d tell you, but I don’t know.”
That’s life as an independent artist, and she says she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Malone just released Debris, her 10th record, this month, and it’s a winning combination of classic-rock and blues styles, with Malone’s full-bore shouting and singing paired with her own melodic and rocking guitar parts and no-nonsense songwriting. The influence of The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin and Faces-era Rod Stewart is strong, but not cloying or self-conscious, and ballads such as “Marked” convey a real tenderness.
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