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Quotes

"A new peak in what’s been a rather mountainous career, Malone’s latest shows off everything that makes him great and more…the kind of record you can listen to over and over, the way records used to be. Great songs, amazing production and playing, it doesn’t get much better than this.”
AMERICAN SONGWRITER

“The presence of first-call players like Leland Sklar, Chris Trujillo, and Marty Rifkin, plus stellar guitar work from producer DeMarco alongside the artist’s New Orleans drenched piano, raises the bar for this troubadour. On his 6th CD, Bob Malone is clearly in the big leagues”
MUSIC CONNECTION

“It was just like I’d imagined New Orleans honky tonk piano; US blues pianist Bob Malone cakewalked all over the keys with rip-roaring pyrotechnics that were part skill and part showmanship, often eschewing the piano stool and jumping around like a rock star...[but] in such soul-baring numbers as Ingénue and Butterfly, head-tossing antics were put aside for a far more engrossing melancholic sweetness. Beneath the banter and the wizardry Bob Malone revealed a raw and splendidly large heart"
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

“A performer that was previously unknown to me was Bob Malone from Los Angeles. He blew me away with his high-powered delivery of keyboard and vocals, in the tradition of some kind of crazy Ray-Charles-meets-Jerry-Lee-Lewis-collision."
REVERB MAGAZINE

“Combining bits of blues, rock, folk, jazz and blue-eyed soul, Bob Malone is truly an anomaly in generally disposable pop circles. The piano man’s tunes are sure to conjure up references to Harry Connick Jr. or Dr. John, but there are also gut wrenching touches of Bob Dylan or Tom Waits in the lyrical department.”
HEAR/SAY

“The songs are passionate and powerful and leave the listener wanting more. Bob Malone sings with a fire that envelopes the listener and ignites the spirit. I give "Ain't What You know" five stars. It's a must have for any music library."
ASSOCIATED CoNTENT

“Bob Malone doesn't just accompany himself on piano. He supports his singing with pulsating, roaring keyboard work that grabs you and shakes you until you cry for mercy.”
Keyboard Magazine

"Take Tom Waits, Steely Dan, Dr. John, Louis Armstrong, and Harry Connick Jr., put ‘'em in a drink shaker, add sweetener, and pour out Bob Malone. Though a bluesy streak runs through these songs, Malone, like Mose Allison, uses blues as a stop on the way to the cocktail jazz, big band, and elegant pop music that fuels his muse….Nimble playing and smart, sassy lyrics. There's plenty to like here."
Blues Review

“Blazing and beautiful. Burning and elegant. Subtle and expansive. Unique and timeless. Malone contains multitudes of rhythm, soul, jazz, blues, smoke and magic. He’s a pianist’s pianist; it sounds as if he’s slept inside a baby grand for years, so intimate is he with the alphabet of the ivories. [Born Too Late] is one for the ages.”
American Songwriter Magazine

"Malone connects with audiences via his self-depreciatingly witty banter and songs…sung with an affable misanthropy that recalls Randy Newman and Tom Waits. He's also a dazzlingly skilled pianist."
City Link (Broward/Palm Beach, FL)

"Dixie-fried vocalist, songwriter and piano pulverizer supreme, Bob Malone, returns with his first live album, Malone Alone. Fiery performances and on-mic asides reveal the masterful storyteller and musician at his most entertaining. Highly recommended."
Music Connection Magazine

"Malone Alone is a pure joy to listen to. A surefire chart climber!"
Roots Music Report

"Dazzling."
The Boston Globe

"The Man is connected. He's plugged in. Into that thing you hear when people play and sing who were born to play and sing. God made them that way. They're not out digging ditches or laying bricks because they're on this earth to make the music that gives the ditch-diggers and bricklayers a decent reason to get out of bed in the morning."
Paul Zollo (Rolling Stone, Spin, Songtalk)

"Bob Malone is a raconteur of the human condition. Funny, accessible and telling it like it is, Bob sparkles with funk and razor sharpness"
Backyard Blues Magazine

"[Malone] is a people's musician. What comes across most on this record is simple emotional communication, from one heart to another. And like it or not, that takes guts."
Los Angeles New Times

"'Meet Me In Manhattan' is so good that, given the opportunity, it should become one of the all-time great New York songs."
The Davis Enterprise

"He is such an incredible pianist and showman [Writer's] Hang fans demanded his return! His songs range from heartfelt to witty to full tilt boogie - blending the jazzy, bluesy piano styles of New Orleans with the aggressive pop of a young Billy Joel."
Scott E. Moore - The Writer's Hang

"Charm, style, charisma, and monster chops will insure Malone a lifelong career in the music business."
The Davis Enterprise

"For all his considerable chops, Malone is a showman first and foremost...Malone pounded the piano and belted out vocals with the fervor of a man on fire."
L.A. Village View

"Mixing equal parts swing, Blues and jazz, Malone's lighthearted songs charm and set the feet in motion. Born in New Jersey, he sounds like a New Orleans native son."
Listen.com

"Bob Malone's songs draw on the wit and dry sense of humor of John Hiatt or Bob Dylan. Seeing his piano playing is worth the price of admission itself."
Easy Reader

"By the time Malone belted out the first stanza, the audience was his. The room...roared like a turbine and the audience spent the rest of the night cheering for Malone as if he were the headliner."
Jason Notte, Jersey City Journal - Go Out!

"Malone is a piano-man who mixes elements of blues, jazz, swing, and modern pop into one stout brew. If that has been a hard sell with the labels, it's the only place."
Performing Songwriter Magazine

"Crackfire wit!"
Atlanta Creative Loafing

"There's a lot going on in a [Bob] Malone show, and all of it's good. Calling the Malone outfit a bar band is like calling Moby Dick a book about a whale."
Kirk Silsbee, Los Angeles Reader