BIO
Armed with a bottleneck slide, blues harmonica, and her signature soul-filled vocals, Michelle Malone was born in the Deep South and grew up listening to her mother sing in the church choir every Sunday. When it came time to craft her own sound, she took those religious roots, blended in enough rock, folk, and blues to satisfy. The result is, Debris, a high-spirited stripped down blend of rootsy acoustic slide, gritty electric blues and explosive vocals that harkens back to the lost recordings of Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams and The Rolling Stones.
REVIEWS
“Why Michelle Malone hasn’t knocked the likes of Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt off of their roots-rock and blues pedestals blows the mind. Malone’s authentic interpretation of good old Southern rock and hard-edge blues should have her rubbing shoulders with the Allman Brothers and Buddy Guys of the world. Malone’s hand-to-mouth, pounding touring might limit her recording schedule, but her last couple of studio releases, Sugarfoot and Stompin’ Ground, are rousing and relentless toe-tapping beauties deserving of a boatload of attention.” – GEMELLI (The Village Voice, NY, NY)
DEBRIS QUOTES
”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
INTERVIEWS
Boston Edge Interview April 6, 2009
“I hope you don’t mind, but I’m eating Rice Krispies,” says Michelle Malone, still enjoying her morning breakfast when I call her Atlanta, Georgia, home for a phone chat. She might have her mouth full of cereal, but there’s no mistaking the steady, languid drawl that has helped Malone carve a comfortable niche in American blues music, and most especially as one of the genre’s few out female singer-songwriters Read More
Paste Magazine Interview April 3, 2009
It’s been 21 years since Michelle Malone released her first record New Experience. She got her start in the same Atlanta scene as The Indigo Girls, but where Amy Ray and Emily Saliers lived in the softer side of folk-rock, Malone and her bands—first Drag the River and later Band de Soleil—were just as home in the roadhouse. Bottleneck slide guitar and bluesy harmonica gave a little punch to the folk circuit she toured. After working with a range of labels, she opened up her own SBS Records to release records from herself and her friends, including Debris, which was released earlier this week. Read More
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