““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)

"You're a Baby Boomer wondering why nobody writes songs like your old favorites…that fueled the soundtrack of your youth...Bob Malone is the kind of guy that could make you weep."”
The Palm Beach Post

"Bob Malone is a raconteur of the human condition. Funny, accessible and telling it like it is, Bob sparkles with funk and razor sharpness...his best and most consistent disc."”
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

"Like It Or Not...is Malone at his very best."”
New Jersey Daily Record

"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

****1/2 “"Malone is in John Hiatt's league as a scribe...Talent like this is rare today - in any style. A great record, one that fairly leaps from the speakers."”
CriticsCorner Reviews

"A young guy who writes and sings like he's been around forever...Bob Malone is no pretender."”
SongTalk Magazine

"Flawless. One of the strongest albums of the year."”
Stephen P. Wheeler, Music Connection Magazine

"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

"The grand tradition of barrelhouse piano as practiced by Professor Longhair, Dr. John, and Little Feat's Bill Payne...the best of American musical tradition."”
Sean O'Neil, BAM Magazine

"A performing songwriter who is also a real poet. The crowd was delighted, ending the concert with a standing ovation."
Anna Boothe, Pacifica Tribune

"What this man does to a keyboard is simply incredible."”
Otto Bost, "Acoustic Eclectic" - WDIY-FM, Allentown, PA

"In a time of derivative, uninspiring pop music, Bob Malone brings back some good old fashioned fun. Malone is intensely funny and an awesome blues/jazz piano player. He is not to be missed live." A+”
David Schultz, The Norman Transcript

"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

"Spiritual, cynical, songwriter, Crescent City influenced, heir to the legacy of Professor Longhair & Dr. John. Astute, funny, and real."”
Backyard Blues Magazine

Festivals
Street Scene, San Diego, CA
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale, NY
Musikfest, Bethlehem, PA
Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville, TX
Cincy Blues Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Tucson Folk Festival, Tucson, AZ
Riverfront Blues Festival, Fort Smith, AR
Indigenous Jam, Omaha, NE
Budweiser Lowcountry Blues Bash, Charleston, SC
Riverhead Blues Festival, Riverhead, NY
Moisture Festival, Seattle, WA
Blues 2000 (and 4), Ellenville, NY
Edmond Jazz & Blues Festival, Edmond, OK
Beersel Blues Rock Festival, Beersel, Belgium
Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia
Newcastle Blues Festival, Newcastle, Australia
The New Zealand Jazz & Blues Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand

Selected Venues
House of Blues:
Hollywood, CA
Chicago, IL
Las Vegas, NV
New Orleans, LA
The Barns at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
Makor, New York, NY
The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Canyon Club, Agoura Hills, CA
Mechanic’s Hall, Worcester, MA
Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR
Triple Door, Seattle, WA
Tipitina’s Uptown, New Orleans, LA
Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany, NY
The Living Room, New York, NY
Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, CA
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
Bluebird Café, Nashville, TN
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI
Jazz Bakery, Hollywood, CA
Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA
Kentucky Theatre, Lexington, KY
Big Mama, Rome, Italy
Performing Arts Center, Hanimaki, Japan
Riverside Theatre, Sydney, Australia

Malone has opened for:
The Neville Brothers
Leon Russell
Austin Lounge Lizards
Manhattan Transfer
Trout Fishing In America
Boz Scaggs
The Laura Love Band
Vonda Shepard
The Bobs
Maria Muldaur
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Rev. Al Green
Average White Band
Jimmy La Fave
Strunz & Farah
Robert Earl Keen
Eric Burdon
Marcia Ball
Buckwheat Zydeco
Patty Larkin
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
Venice

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