- Malcolm Burn
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Malcolm Burn Birth name Malcolm Burn Born October 4, 1960
Cornwall, Ontario, CanadaGenres Rock, Pop Occupations Record producer, engineer, musician Instruments Vocals, Keyboards Years active 1981–present Associated acts Boys Brigade Website http://www.malcolmburn.net Malcolm Burn (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. In 2001, he won a Grammy Award with Jim Watts and Emmylou Harris for his work on Harris's Red Dirt Girl. [1]
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Biography
Born 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.
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, as well as Yellow Moon by The Neville Brothers and Living with the Law, which he co-produced for Chris Whitley.[2][3]
Burn continued in the role of producer for 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 and record as well as write music. He is currently also making a documentary film tentatively entitled Touched about a group home for mentally ill people in Kingston, New York.
Awards and recognition
- 2001: Winner - Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, with Jim Watts (engineer) and Emmylou Harris for Red Dirt Girl
- 2004: Nominee - Juno Award for "Producer of the Year" for "Here I Am" / "I Will Dream", Emmylou Harris
Discography
Solo
- 1983 - Boys Brigade (Anthem/Capitol Records) - album produced by Geddy Lee of Rush
- 1988 - Redemption
Producer / musician
- 1982 - Blue Peter - "Chinese Graffiti" from Up To You (keyboards) [4]
- 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)
- 1996 - Midnight Oil - Breathe (producer/musician)
1998 Astrid-Boy For You(Nude Records(producer/musician)
- 1998 - Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow? (producer/engineer/mix)
- 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)
- 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)
References
- ^ "43rd Annual Grammy Award Winners". 2001. http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/music_awa/43grammy.html. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ Jackson, Blair. "Producer Malcolm Burn Steps Into Solo Spotlight", "MixOnline" - August 2004.
- ^ Levine, Mike. "The Emusician.com interview with producer/engineer Malcolm Burn", "EMusician.com" - August 2005.
- ^ "Up To You". Discography. Blue Peter. http://bluepeterband.com/up_to_you. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
External links
- Malcolm Burn official website
- MySpace site
- Jam: Boys Brigade (references Malcolm Burn)
- Octopus Media: Malcolm Burn profile
Categories:- Canadian record producers
- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Canadian rock singers
- Canadian folk singers
- Canadian male singers
- Canadian audio engineers
- Living people
- People from Renfrew County, Ontario
- 1960 births
- Grammy Award winners
- Canadian New Wave musicians
- People from Cornwall, Ontario
- Anthem Records artists
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