In his new song, Jack Antonoff has paid tribute to Jesse Malin with Bleachers’ cover of ‘Prisoner of Paradise’. Beloved songwriter Malin suffered a stroke in 2023 and is now paralyzed from the waist down. This track is from a full-length collection titled ‘Silver Patron Saints’ that is a fundraiser for Malin’s Sweet Relief fund. Other artists that appear include Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong, Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello, The Hold Steady, Tommy Stinson, Alison Mosshart (with the late Wayne Kramer), Tom Morello, Counting Crows, Dinosaur Jr., The Wallflowers, Spoon, Susanna Hoffs, Frank Turner, and Rancid.
David Fricke writes in the liner notes, “Jesse Malin knows about scars, from his youth, observation and more. They all carry tales, and he’s not done telling them. ‘Silver Patron Saints’ is the gang back at the bar, coming to the stage to toast the composer and his story so far.”
That's it for us for another week as we head into a thankfully less anxiety-inducing weekend weather-wise than the last one. We leave you with a new track by the always good value Jesse Malin - 'Keep On Burning' is available from Bandcamp now with a terrific Ramones cover as…
Two of Americana UK's favourite Americans spoke to Rolling Stone about their mutual admiration which may have been sparked by Jesse Malin's tribute to Lucinda Williams on his 2007 album, Gutter In The Glitter. They spoke about their common ground, the songwriting process and their political leanings (both supported Bernie…
A new song from Jesse Malin, 'Tall Black Horses' is taken from Malin’s first double album of his career, "Sad And Beautiful World", which will be released September 24 through Wicked Cool Records, alongside a European tour across September / October that will feature nine UK shows, including London’s Garage on Friday,…
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.