Malcolm Burn

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, and on Yellow Moon by The Neville Brothers and Living with the Law, which he co-produced for Chris Whitley.

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

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

Solo

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

1982 - Blue Peter - "Chinese Graffiti" from Up To You (keyboards)

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)

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)

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)

2009 - Sandrine -Dark Fades Into Light (producer/engineer)

2010 - Amilia Spicer - (mixer)

2011 - Richard Buckner - Our Blood - (mixer)

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)