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Grant Maloy Smith's Electronic Press Kit for Talent Buyers
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This is the first of several pages of EPK (electronic press kit) information about Grant Maloy Smith. Please use the links above to go to the other pages, which contain downloadable headshots, lists of Grant's awards, the venues he's played around the world, his appearances on radio, television and film, critical reviews of his words, and press appearances.
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Very Short Bio (88 words)
Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His Americana theme albums, including DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, and MISSISSIPPI: AMERICAN STORIES have all earned rave reviews from Americana Highways, MusicRow Magazine, Bluegrass Today, Roots Music Report, and more. Over the years his albums have spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10 on the Americana/Folk album sales chart and #12 on the Country album sales chart.
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Short Bio (104 words)
Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His Americana theme albums, including DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, and MISSISSIPPI: AMERICAN STORIES have all earned rave reviews from Americana Highways, MusicRow Magazine, Bluegrass Today, Roots Music Report, and more. Over the years his albums have spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10 on the Americana/Folk album sales chart and #12 on the Country album sales chart. Grant has performed twice at Carnegie Hall and has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates.
Medium Bio (201 words)
Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His Americana theme albums, including DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, and MISSISSIPPI: AMERICAN STORIES have all earned rave reviews from Americana Highways, MusicRow Magazine, Bluegrass Today, Roots Music Report, and more. Over the years his albums have spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10 on the Americana/Folk album sales chart and #12 on the Country album sales chart. Grant has performed twice at Carnegie Hall and has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates. In 2020, he was inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame in Hollywood. Critics have raved about his music, including:
“… lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie ... A reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan, and it’s that good, that memorable…”
~ NO DEPRESSION magazine
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“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 magazine
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Long Bio (324 words)
Grant Maloy Smith is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow Country Breakout charting songwriter of American Roots music. His Americana theme albums, including DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, and MISSISSIPPI: AMERICAN STORIES have all earned rave reviews from Americana Highways, MusicRow Magazine, Bluegrass Today, Roots Music Report, and more. Over the years his albums have spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10 on the Americana/Folk album sales chart and #12 on the Country album sales chart. Grant has performed twice at Carnegie Hall and has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates. In 2020, he was inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame in Hollywood. Critics have raved about his music, including:
“… lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie ... A reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan, and it’s that good, that memorable…”
~ NO DEPRESSION 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.”
~ AMERICANA HIGHWAYS magazine
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Grant's song “Man Of Steel” was adopted by the National Veterans Foundation (www.nvf.org) as their official theme song. 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,” spent weeks on the MusicRow CountryBreakout charts. Grant's charming Christmas song “Fly Possum Fly” (featuring county singing sensation EmiSunshine) was both a radio single and a children’s book. Grant Maloy Smith is a member of the CMA (Country Music Association), AMA (Americana Music Association), 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.