Michelle Malone has been a mainstay of American roots music for more than 3 decades, mixing roadhouse rock & roll with blues, folk, and country-soul. It’s a sound inspired by her Southern roots that’s taken the award-winning songwriter around the world. After more than a dozen studio albums, she continues to contribute to the Georgia sound on Southern Comfort, an album whose songs feature contributions from Blackberry Smoke members Charlie Starr and Paul Jackson, The Georgia Satellites Rick Richards, guitarist Doug Kees, and Americana icon Buddy Miller. The influence of Dean Dillon looms large, too, with Malone co-writing half of the album’s songs alongside the Tennessee Whiskey writer. This music may be influenced by Malone’s southern roots, but it’s a sound for everyone everywhere. Malone gives her songs a sense of place while still making them sound emotionally universal, and that talent — not the guest appearances, but the expressive vocals and sharp edged songwriting — is perhaps the most comforting thing about her latest record.

Atlanta native Michelle Malone is “equal parts rowdy guitar slinger and sweet songstress” (Guitar World).

"Equal parts badass guitar slinger and sweet songstress, with masterful lyrical introspection - sublime to raucous.
 GUITAR WORLD

"The kind of singer and songwriter who can jolt things into overdrive.
NEW YORK TIMES

"raucous and jubilant alternating between soulful ballads and rowdy, riffy blasters."  ROLLING STONE

"4 out of 5 Bunnies "... Malone churns up those Southern roots with the vigor of Lucinda Williams while embracing her inner Keith Richards." PLAYBOY MAG

The soul of a bluesman, the heart of a folk singer, and the guts of a rock and roll star wrapped up in one fiery bad ass” NASHVILLE RAGE

Michelle Malone

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