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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 album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, earned 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 album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, earned 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 made a second appearance at Carnegie Hall in April 2022, and Lincoln Center in 2021. In 2022 he released a critically-acclaimed Christmas album called, THE CHRISTMAS HEART: ROOTS MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Medium Bio
Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His album APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, earned 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 made a second appearance at Carnegie Hall in April 2022, and Lincoln Center in 2021. In 2022 he released a critically-acclaimed Christmas album called, THE CHRISTMAS HEART: ROOTS MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS. In 2020 he was inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame in Hollywood.
Critics have raved about his music, including NO DEPRESSION magazine:
“… 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:
“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.”
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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, was released to great acclaim in 2021, and features A-list Nashville players like Rob Ickes, Trey Hensely, Jeff Taylor, Mike Johnson, and more. A third album in the series, MISSISSIPPI: AMERICAN STORIES, is due out in 2024.
Grant Maloy Smith is a member of the CMA (Country Music Association), AMA (Americana Music Assocation), TCMA (Texas Country Music Association), NARAS (The GRAMMYS®), 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's The Orchard.
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 |
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
Link to the article
“Appalachia: American Stories comes across with such absolute authenticity. …the arrangements shine with such craft and consistency…”
~BLUEGRASS TODAY
Link to the article
“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
Link to the article
“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
Link to the article
“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
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
"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
“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
“Grant Maloy Smith gives a soundtrack to the land, its people, and their passage through an era… ‘Old Black Roller’ sweeps …as the opening track…”
~THE ALTERNATE ROOT
Grant in the MEDIA
In this new section of the EPK, we will add links to stories about Grant from the media. In the articles linked below, Grant is either the subject of the article, or is included in the article in some way.
14 Seotember 2023
Rising Stars: Meet Grant Maloy Smith
https://voyagedallas.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-grant-maloy-smith-of-n-a/
1 June 2022
Grant Maloy Smith: “I Feel That Zasavje is like West Virginia”
Zon.si
Byline Sabina Lokar (This article is in the Slovenian language)
https://zon.si/grant-maloy-smith-v-zasavju-se-pocutim-kot-v-west-virginii/
Click here for English translation by Google
22 April 2022
The Indie Collaborative's Earth Day Celebration at Carnegie Hall
All About Jazz
Byline Anne Leighton
Grant is the co-producer, emcee and performer at this show
19 April 2022
Patch.com
The Indie Collaborative Celebrates Earth Day at Carnegie Hall
Byline: Anne Leighton
Grant is the co-producer, emcee and performer at this show
12 April 2022
New Jersey Stage
The Indie Collaborative presents an Earth Day Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Byline: Staff Writer
Grant is the co-producer, emcee and performer at this show
25 March 2022
The Times Square Chronicles
Eileen Sherman & The Indie Collaborative Musically Celebrates Earth Day at Carnegie Hall Next Month
Byline: Brad Balfour
Grant is the co-producer, emcee and performer at this show
25 January 2022
The Gazette-Democrat
‘Cahokia Winds’ music video filmed in Cairo, near Wolf Lake
Byline: Editor
Grant is the producer and performer of this song, and creator of the music video
http://www.annanews.com/news/%E2%80%98cahokia-winds%E2%80%99-music-video-filmed-cairo-near-wolf-lake
13 September 2021
Maverick Magazine
‘Appalachia: American Stories’ – Grant Maloy Smith
Byline: Zoe Hodges
Review of Grant's music
https://maverick-country.com/review-appalachia-american-stories-grant-maloy-smith/
09 September 2021
Americana Highways
REVIEW: Daryl Wayne Dasher “Honky Tonk Ways”
Byline: John Apice
Grant is mentioned in this review of another artist
https://americanahighways.org/2021/09/09/review-daryl-wayne-dasher-honky-tonk-ways/
21 Aug 2021
No Depression Magazine
THROUGH THE LENS: Coal’s Story in Song
Byline: Amos Perrine
Grant is mentioned in this article about coal related songs
https://www.nodepression.com/through-the-lens-coals-story-in-song/
11 July 2021
Laurel Canyon Radio
Grant Maloy Smith – The Coal Comes Up
Byline: Editor
Review of Grant's music
http://www.laurelcanyonradio.com/sound-cloud-sunday-july-11-2021/
3 July 2021
Oasis Music Blog
Appalachia: American Stories by Grant Maloy Smith
Byline: Bob LeVoy
Review of Grant's music
2 July 2021
Bluegrass Today
Appalachia American Stories - Grant Maloy Smith
Byline: Lee Zimmerman
Review of Grant's music
25 June 2021
Americana Highways
REVIEW: Grant Maloy Smith "Appalachia – American Stories"
Byline: John Apice
Review of Grant's music
https://americanahighways.org/2021/06/25/review-grant-maloy-smith-appalachia-american-stories/
25 June 2021
MusicRow Magazine
DISClaimer: GRANT MALOY SMITH / “The Coal Comes Up”
Byline: Robert K. Oermann
Review of Grant's music
22 June 2021
Roots Music Report
REVIEW: Grant Maloy Smith “Appalachia: American Stories”
Byline: Joe Ross
Review of Grant's music
08 June 2021
The Independent RI
Summer in downtown Wakefield is About to Get a
Lot Hotter as Riverfire Returns
Byline: Editor
Grant is a performer at this concert series
08 June 2021
MusicRow Magazine
DISClaimer: GRANT MALOY SMITH / “I Found Faith”
Byline: Robert K. Oermann
Review of Grant's music
03 June 2021
Trindad and Tobago Newsday
Gospel Act Stephen John Teams up with Artistes for COVID19 Anthem
Byline: Yvonne Webb
Grant is a featured artist on this song
https://newsday.co.tt/2021/06/03/gospel-act-stephen-john-teams-up-with-artistes-for-covid19-anthem/
18 April 2021
MusicRow Magazine
Artist With Kentucky Roots Seeking to
Bring the Sound of Appalachia to the World
Byline: Cory Sanning
Review of Grant's music
25 February 2020
Tehahapi News
Grant Maloy Smith Brings Roots-Country to Fiddlers Crossing
Byline: Peter Cutler
Grant's concert schedule
20 April 2019
MixCloud
Good Bar Attender Jeff Clayborn Makes Impact with New Album
Byline: I AM INDI
Grant mentioned as a songwriter and Billboard Top 10 artist
https://www.mixcloud.com/iamindi/good-bar-attender-jeff-clayborn-makes-impact-with-new-album/
27 March 2019
The Bakersfield Californian
Music the Heartbeat of 'Oildale'
Byline: Matt Munoz
Review of Grant's music
10 November 2018
The Knoxville News Sentinel
'Fly Possum Fly': Passel of Possums Pulls
Santa’s Sleigh in Grant Maloy Smith's Picture Book
Byline: Julie Danielson and Chapter16.org
Special to the Knoxville News Sentinel, USA TODAY
Review of Grant's music and children's book
27 Oct 2018
The Bennington Banner
Old Mill Road Recording Studio
Hopes to Lure Top Talent
Byline: Greg Sukiennik, Manchester Journal
Grant's appearance schedule
24 September 2018
Guitar Girl Magazine
EmiSunshine’s Voice is Perfect for
New Christmas Song ‘Fly Possum Fly’
Review of Grant's music
25 August 2018
Guitar Girl Magazine
New Christmas Song ‘Fly Possum Fly’ to Feature
EmiSunshine and Grant Maloy Smith
Review of Grant's music
10 Jan 2018
The Bakersfield Californian
Performer Pulls Dust Bowl Out of the History Books, onto the Stage
Byline: Cesareo Garasa
Review of Grant's music and performances
28 July 2017
The Knoxville News Sentinel
REVIEW: Dust Bowl – American Stories
Byline: Wayne Bledsoe
Review of Grant's music
22 May 2017
No Depression Magazine
Expressive Original Songs Steeped In the Dirt & Reality
of the Dust Bowl-Depression Era
Byline: John Apice
Review of Grant's music
14 April 2017
No Depression Magazine
Americana Artist Grant Maloy Smith Premieres Track
on Anniversary of Old Black Roller
Byline: Americana Lady
Review of Grant's music
14 January 2014
The Aquarian
Grant Maloy Smith: Yellow Trailer
Byline: Joe Cirilo
Review of Grant's music
https://www.theaquarian.com/2014/01/10/grant-maloy-smith-yellow-trailer/