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About Grant Maloy Smith

Very Short Bio

Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His latest album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, is earning rave reviews from Americana Highways, MusicRow Magazine, Bluegrass Today, Roots Music Report, and more. His previous album, DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10.

 

Short Bio

Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His latest album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, is earning rave reviews from Americana Highways, MusicRow Magazine, Bluegrass Today, Roots Music Report, and more. His previous album, DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10. Grant made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 and has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates. He will be appearing at Carnegie Hall again April 2022, and Lincoln Center in December 2021.

 

Medium Bio

Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His latest album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, is earning rave reviews from Americana Highways, MusicRow Magazine, Bluegrass Today, Roots Music Report, and more. His previous album, DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10. Grant made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 and has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates. He will be appearing at Carnegie Hall again April 2022, and Lincoln Center in December 2021. He has just been inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame in Hollywood. NO DEPRESSION magazine, raved:

“… lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie ... A reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan, and it’s that good, that memorable…”.

AMERICANA HIGHWAY magazine says:

“If you took a few ounces of Willie Nelson and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, mixed them carefully Grant Maloy Smith would appear ... One day we’ll be talking about how Grant Maloy Smith is a national treasure – like John Prine. I’d be the first to say it’s so.”

 

More details...

Grant's song “Man Of Steel” has been adopted by the National Veterans Foundation (www.nvf.org) as their official theme song. The video can be seen on the NVF.org website, Grant's website, and Grant's YouTube channel.

 

Grant's charming Christmas song “Fly Possum Fly” (featuring county singing sensation EmiSunshine) was both a radio single and a children’s book. Grant added book festivals and book signings to his itinerary, which continues now as a second book in the series, published by Headline Books.

His single “I See You” was released with the support of Masterpiece Living, an organization dedicated to creating better lives for our elders. And a song he wrote, “I Reckon,” was recorded by country star Jeff Clayborn, and has spent weeks on the MusicRow CountryBreakout chart in late 2019.
The follow-up album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, is due for release in June 2021, and features A-list Nashville players like Rob Ickes, Trey Hensely, Jeff Taylor, Mike Johnson, and more.

Grant Maloy Smith is a member of the CMA (Country Music Association), AMA (Americana Music Assocation), NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International), and is the co-founder of the Indie Collaborative, a group of more than 2,000 independent musicians and music industry professionals. His music is distributed by Sony Orchard.

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EPK: Headshots

Headshots

Downloadable images that you can use for press, posters, media. Use the downward arrow icon at the upper left side of any headshot to save it to your computer.

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EPK: Venues
Large Theatre

These are some of the places that Grant has played over the years. The list scrolls.

Region
Venue
Location
Country

Venues Played

Awards
Trophies

These are some of the awards that Grant has won over the years. The list scrolls.

Award Org
Year
Type
Work
Award Name

MUSIC Awards

Appearances

These are some of Grant's media appearances since 2017. The list scrolls.

Type
Station
Location
URL
Radio, Internet
In Search of a Song with Rich Reardin
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
Life Changes Network with Filippe Voltaggio
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
Open the Door Radio with DJ Victoria
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
Red Barn Radio Show
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Radio, Internet
Renegade Radio
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Internet
Somewhere in Time with Jeff Hyman
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
Sounds Good Radio with Mark Waters (UK)
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
Spectrum Internet Radio with Peter Englefield (UK)
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
Star Events Online (UK)
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
The Big Fat Joey Show
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
The David Bowers Show
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
The Frye and Ice Show
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
The Gospel Blues Train with Lins Honeyman (UK)
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
The Mike Wagner Show
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
The Pat Stone Show
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Internet
The Songwriter Show with Sam Speron
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Terrestrial
Armed Forces Radio (Worldwide)
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Terrestrial
Free Country Eagle FM
Terneuzen Netherlands
Radio, Terrestrial
KAOI 95.1 FM
Hawaii, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
KERN 96.1 FM
Bakersfield, California, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
KVML 102.7 FM
Madisonville, Texas, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
KWS 96.1 FM
Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
RI Public Radio 89.3 FM
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WAXM 93.5 FM
Norton, Virginia, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WBCM 100.1 FM
Bristol, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WDHR 93.1 FM
Pikeville, Kentucky, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WDVX 89.9 FM “Blue Plate Special”
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WETS 89.5 FM “Studio One with Dave Carter”
Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WFHG 92.9 FM
Bristol, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WGCU 90.1 FM “Three Song Stories”
Fort Myers, Florida, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WHCR 90.3 FM
New York, New York, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WHRO 90.3 FM “Acoustic Highway Show” (NPR)
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WIOX 91.3 FM “Mostly Folk with Artie Martello”
Roxbury, New York, USA
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1217216/9815151
Radio, Terrestrial
WJJM 94.3 FM
Lewisburg, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WKCR 91.3 FM “The Tennessee Border Show with Sam Seliger”
New York, New York, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WKNY 1490 AM
New York, New York, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WLRN 91.3 FM “Folk & Acoustic Music with Michael Stock”
Miami, Florida, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WMEV 93.9 FM
Marion, Virginia, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WMMT 88.7 FM “Appalachian Attitude”
Whitesburg, Kentucky, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WMOT 89.5 FM
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WNKX 96.7 FM
Centerville, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WPKN 89.5 FM
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WPWT 96.3 FM / 870 AM
Blountville, Tennessee, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WRIU 90.3 FM
Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WVMR 1370 AM
Dunmore, West Virginia, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WVTF 89.1 “Roots Down” (PBS)
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WXCC 96.5 FM
Pikeville, Kentucky, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WXCI 91.7 FM
Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Radio, Terrestrial
WYTI 1570 AM
Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA
Radio, Terrestrial and Internet
Radio Fantastica with Daniela Celella (NY/Italy)
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Terrestrial and Internet
Armed Forces Radio
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Terrestrial and Internet
Rock and Review with Eric Dahl (iHeart Radio)
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Terrestrial and Internet
Steve Martin’s Unreal Bluegrass
Worldwide Syndication
Radio, Terrestrial and Internet
The Tim White Bluegrass Show
Worldwide Syndication
Television
EKB-TV “Mountain Music”
Prestonburg, Kentucky, USA
Television
KBFX-TV (Fox)
Bakersfield, California, USA
Television
KERO-TV (ABC)
Bakersfield, California, USA
Television
KSNT-TV (NBC)
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Television
KTLA-TV (ABC)
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Television
KWTV (CBS)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Television
Song of the Mountains (PBS)
Marion, Virginia, USA
Television
The Joanne Phillips Show (NYC area)
New York, New York, USA
Television
WBIR-TV (NBC) “Live at Five at Four”
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Television
WBKO-TV (ABC)
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Television
WCNC-TV (NBC)
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Television
WCYB-TV (NBC)
Bristol, Virginia, USA
Television
WDAF-TV (Fox)
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Television
WFSB-TV (CBS)
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Television
WIBW-TV (CBS)
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Television
WJAR-TV (NBC) “Coffee Break”
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Television
WJHL-TV (CBS)
Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Television
WQAD-TV (ABC)
Moline, Illinois, USA
Television
WSAZ-TV (NBC)
Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Television
WSLS-TV (NBC)
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Television
WYMT-TV (CBS)
Hazard, Kentucky, USA
https://www.wymt.com/2021/04/18/artist-with-kentucky-roots-seeking-to-bring-sound-of-appalachia-to-the-world/
Television
WZTV (Fox) “Rock & Review”
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Television
Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (PBS)
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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REVIEWS

Grant has received extremely positive press coverage of his recent albums. Here are just a few highlights:

APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, released 25 June 2021

“If you took a few ounces of Willie Nelson and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, mixed them carefully Grant Maloy Smith would appear...One day we’ll be talking about how Grant Maloy Smith is a national treasure – like John Prine.
I’d be the first to say it’s so.”
~AMERICANA HIGHWAYS

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“Appalachia: American Stories comes across with such absolute authenticity. …the arrangements shine with such craft and consistency…”
~BLUEGRASS TODAY

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“Grant Maloy Smith’s countrified tenor makes the album whole as he relates his stories with poignant effectiveness and comforting warmth. Appalachia: American Stories has what we’ve come to expect from Smith…”
~ROOTS MUSIC REPORT

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“Smith has a penetrating, searing tenor voice that brings his lyrics of everyday Americans vividly to life…(in) this piercing, country-folk ode to coal miners.”
~Robert K Oermann

MUSICROW MAGAZINE

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“Grant Maloy Smith has delivered a musical tapestry with his new album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES. His strong, heartfelt vocals and guitar work speak of a different time when music rang freely from through the mountains and from old porches! Smith is keeping this tradition alive for future generations.”
~Eric Dahl, Host of Fox 17 Rock and Review, Nashville, and writer for

MAVERICK MAGAZINE

"In a time when Appalachia is still commonly presented in a negative light, Grant Maloy Smith’s album APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES is a welcome and very well-performed recompense."
~Dale Farmer, writer-director of the award-winning motion picture

THE MOUNTAIN MINOR

“…a snapshot of the things that (Appalachia) has been through … his husky and raw vocals, authentic in their delivery, add to the weight and emotion…in this digital age, packaging and artwork has been an afterthought for most, but…Smith takes it one step further as a forty page booklet takes you through the stories behind each song.”
~MAVERICK MAGAZINE

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DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, released 1 June 2017

“…songs that have the lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie, as intense as John Trudell and dusted with the trials and tribulations of Tom Joad – Steinbeck and ‘The Grapes of Wrath’…Grant’s music … is filled with outlaw-Appalachia, Depression-era folk, railroad spikes, Oklahoma crude and hospitality with Guthrie determination…a reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan (“Not Dark Yet,” “Mississippi”) -- and it’s that good, that memorable ... Grant’s ability to capture the heartland in his music is amazing. This is Grant Maloy Smith’s “Nebraska” and he has written a heartland masterpiece.”

~NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE

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"From the opening track, 'Old Black Roller'… this album hums, rolls and churns. The album's biggest standout is the rousing song ‘I Come From America’ — inspired by the Woody Guthrie anthem ‘This Land is Your Land.’”

~THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN

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“Smith’s songs are sweet, sad, defiant and full of sentimentality … There’s not a hint of cynicism or guile. Smith is old-fashioned and the music has old-fashioned values…. The players are all first-rate… ‘Dust Bowl – American Stories’ (is) … thoughtful and grown up for that.”

~THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL