Malcolm Burn (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. Emmylou Harris's Red Dirt Girl, produced by Burn, won Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 2001 Grammys.
Malcolm Burn | |
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| Birth name | Malcolm Burn |
| Born | October 4, 1960 Cornwall, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock, Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, engineer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Website | http://malcolmburn.com |
Biography
editBorn in Cornwall, Ontario, Burn grew up in Deep River, Ontario and became lead singer/keyboardist for the 1980s Canadian band Boys Brigade. Following the dissolution of that group, he turned towards music production and solo work.[1]
In 1988 Burn relocated to New Orleans where he would work with Daniel Lanois (known for his work with U2 & Peter Gabriel) on a number of projects. Their collaboration began with Burn playing keyboards and guitar on Lanois' solo debut record Acadie. Burn recorded again with Lanois for Bob Dylan on his acclaimed album Oh Mercy, and on Yellow Moon by The Neville Brothers and Living with the Law, which he co-produced for Chris Whitley.[2][3]
Burn produced projects with Blue Rodeo, Emmylou Harris (Red Dirt Girl, Stumble into Grace), Midnight Oil (Breathe), Patty Griffin, Crash Vegas (Red Earth) and Patti Smith (Gone Again).
Burn continues to produce, record and write music. He is making a documentary film tentatively entitled Touched about a group home for mentally ill people in Kingston, New York.
Awards and recognition
edit- 2001: Winner - Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, with Jim Watts (engineer) and Emmylou Harris for Red Dirt Girl[4]
- 2004: Nominee - Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" for "Here I Am" / "I Will Dream", Emmylou Harris[5]
Discography
editSolo
edit- 1983 - Boys Brigade (Anthem/Capitol Records) - album produced by Geddy Lee of Rush
- 1988 - Redemption
- 1996 - After Dinner Mints (Handsome Boy Records) - under band name: Pregnant
Producer/musician
edit- 1982 - Blue Peter - "Chinese Graffiti" from Up To You (keyboards) [6]
- 1988 - Daniel Lanois - Acadie (recorded and co-written/mix)
- 1988 - Crash Vegas - Red Earth (produced and recorded/mix)
- 1988 - Blue Rodeo - Diamond Mine (co-producer/mix)
- 1989 - Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy (engineer/musician/mix)
- 1989 - The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (recorded/musician/mix)
- 1990 - Chris Whitley - Living with the Law (producer/musician/mix)
- 1991 - The Neville Brothers - Brothers Keeper (producer/musician/mix)
- 1992 - Daniel Lanois - For the Beauty of Wynona (musician/engineer/mix)
- 1992 - The Devlins - Drift (producer/musician)
- 1992 - Lisa Germano - Happiness (producer/musician)
- 1993 - Iggy Pop - American Caesar (producer/musician)
- 1993 - John Mellencamp - Human Wheels (co-producer)
- 1994 - Giant Sand - Glum (producer/musician)
- 1994 - Charlie Sexton Sextet - Under the Wishing Tree (producer/musician/mix)
- 1994 - Junkhouse - Strays (co-producer/musician)
- 1995 - Junkhouse - Birthday Boy (producer/engineer/musician)
- 1996 - Midnight Oil - Breathe (producer/musician)
- 1996 - Patti Smith - "Gone Again" (producer)
- 1997 - Archie Roach - Looking For Butterboy (producer/musician)
- 1998 - Astrid - Boy For You (producer/musician)
- 1998 - Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow? (producer/engineer/mix)
- 1998 - Sinéad Lohan - No Mermaid (producer/engineer/musician)[7]
- 1999 - Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (producer/engineer/musician)
- 2000 - The Normals - Coming to Life (producer/mix)
- 2001 - Luthea Salom - Out Of Without (producer/engineer/musician)
- 2003 - Rachael Yamagata - Rachael Yamagata EP (producer/musician)
- 2003 - Armstrong - Lack of You (producer/engineer/musician)
- 2005 - Chris Whitley - Soft Dangerous Shores (producer/recorded/musician)
- 2007 - Luthea Salom - Sunbeam Surrounded By Winter (producer/engineer/musician)
- 2008 - A Fragile Tomorrow - Beautiful Noise (producer/recorded/musician)
- 2008 - Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge (producer)
- 2009 - The Bowmans -The Bowmans (producer/engineer)
- 2009 - Sandrine -Dark Fades Into Light (producer/engineer)
- 2010 - Amilia Spicer - (mixer)
- 2011 - Richard Buckner - Our Blood - (mixer)
- 2011 - The Caught (In the Madness) Malcolm Burn-Producer, Engineer, Guitar, keyboards, vocals,
- 2013 - Gérald de Palmas - De Palmas - (producer)
- 2013 - Jill Cohn - Yellow Rose - (producer/musician)
- 2013 - The Grahams - Rivermans Daughter - (producer/musician/mixer)
- 2014 - Hubertus Roesch - Waiting For This Train - (producer/musician/mixer)
- 2014 - Dan Whitley - Calling all Gods - (producer/engineer)
- 2019 - Ted Wulfers - Tremolo Moon (mixer)
- 2022 - Halfway - On the Ghostline with Hands of Lightning - (producer/musician/mix)
- 2022 - Hither - untitled - (producer/engineer/musician)
References
edit- ^ DeVivo, Larry. "Malcolm Burn: Recording Emmylou, Dylan & The Nevilles". TapeOp. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ Jackson, Blair. "Producer Malcolm Burn Steps Into Solo Spotlight", MixOnline - November 20, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ Levine, Mike. "The Emusician.com interview with producer/engineer Malcolm Burn", EMusician.com - August 16, 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ Malcolm Burn Grammy.com. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ Jack Richardson Producer of the Year 2004 Juno Awards. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ "Up To You". Discography. Blue Peter. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "NoMermaid". Discography. Malcolm Burn. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
External links
edit- Malcolm Burn official website
- MySpace site
- Boys Brigade at canadianbands.com (references Malcolm Burn)
- Octopus Media: Malcolm Burn profile
- Malcolm Burn discography at Discogs