Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
-born
music producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
,
recording engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproducti ...
and
musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who w ...
. Emmylou Harris's '' Red Dirt Girl'', produced by Burn, won
Best Contemporary Folk Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1991 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. In 2007, this category was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. As ...
Cornwall, Ontario
Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, situated where the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and the state of New York converge. It is the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry and is Ontario's easternmost city.
...
, 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
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willi ...
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...
) 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
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
on his acclaimed album '' Oh Mercy'', and on ''Yellow Moon'' by
The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/ funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. ...
and ''Living with the Law'', which he co-produced for Chris Whitley.
Burn produced projects with
Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have released 16 full-length studio albums, four live recordings, one greatest hits album, and two video/DVDs, along with multiple solo albums, side projects, a ...
,
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, includin ...
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by H ...
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
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Gone Again
''Gone Again'' is the sixth studio album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996 on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her b ...
'').
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
Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, United States. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. The city's metropolitan area is grouped with the New York metropolitan area around Manhattan by the United ...
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall o ...
for "Producer of the Year" for "Here I Am" / "I Will Dream",
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, includin ...
*1983 - Boys Brigade (Anthem/Capitol Records) - album produced by
Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968, at the req ...
of Rush
*1988 - ''Redemption''
*1996 - After Dinner Mints (Handsome Boy Records) - under band name: Pregnant
Producer/musician
*1982 -
Blue Peter
''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC Te ...
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willi ...
- '' Acadie'' (recorded and co-written/mix)
*1988 - Crash Vegas - '' Red Earth'' (produced and recorded/mix)
*1988 -
Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have released 16 full-length studio albums, four live recordings, one greatest hits album, and two video/DVDs, along with multiple solo albums, side projects, a ...
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/ funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. ...
- ''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
''For the Beauty of Wynona'' is the second album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It was released on March 23, 1993.
The album cover photograph, titled "The Knife", was taken in 1987 by Czech artist Jan Saudek. The image w ...
'' (musician/engineer/mix)
*1992 -
The Devlins
The Devlins were an alternative rock band originating from Dublin, Republic of Ireland, although the eponymous Devlin brothers were born in Newry, County Down.Lisa Germano
Lisa Ruth Germano (born June 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana. Her album ''Geek the Girl'' (1994) was chosen as a top album of the 1990s by '' Spin'' magazine. She began her career as a violinist ...
- ''
Happiness
Happiness, in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Other forms include life satisfaction, well-being, subjective well-being, flourishing and eudaimonia.
...
'' (producer/musician)
*1993 -
Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the " Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges, who w ...
- ''
American Caesar
''American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964'' is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester.
Manchester paints a sympathetic but balanced portrait of MacArthur, praising the general f ...
'' (producer/musician)
*1993 -
John Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his catchy brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumen ...
Giant Sand
Giant Sand is an American musical group from Tucson, Arizona, United States. Its most constant member is singer-songwriter Howe Gelb. The group started as Giant Sandworms in the late 1970s post-punk and paisley underground scenes. They later ...
- ''Glum'' (producer/musician)
*1994 -
Charlie Sexton
Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Sexton is best known for his years as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band, though also has become well known as a music producer. Sexton co-founded the ...
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by H ...
- '' Breathe'' (producer/musician)
*1996 - Patti Smith - "Gone Again" (producer)
*1997 - Archie Roach - Looking For Butterboy (producer/musician)
*1998 - Astrid - Boy For You (producer/musician)
*1998 -
Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and signed with The End Records. The band formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and consists of Kevin Griffin (vocals and guitar), Tom Drummond (bass ...
- ''
How Does Your Garden Grow?
''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' is an album by the American alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra, released in 1998 via Elektra Records. It was the band's second album with drummer Travis Aaron McNabb.
The album peaked at No. 128 on the ''Billbo ...
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, includin ...
Out Of Without
Out may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
* ''Out'' (1957 film), a documentary short about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
* ''Out'' (1982 film), an American film directed by Eli Hollander
* ''Out'' (2002 film), a Japanese film ba ...
Rachael Yamagata EP
''Rachael Yamagata EP'', otherwise referred to as ''Rachael Yamagata'' or ''EP'', is an extended play by American recording artist Rachael Yamagata, released by RCA Records on October 7, 2003. All songs and lyrics were written by Yamagata except " ...
Soft Dangerous Shores
''Soft Dangerous Shores'' is the twelfth album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It is his tenth studio album.
Malcolm Burn produced, mixed, and played on the album. It was recorded by Burn in Kingston, New York, Kingston, New ...
A Fragile Tomorrow
A Fragile Tomorrow is an American Alternative rock, alternative/powerpop band from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, formerly from Montgomery (town), New York, Montgomery, New York. The group formed in 2003 and included brothers Sean Kel ...
- ''
Beautiful Noise
''Beautiful Noise'' is the tenth album by Neil Diamond and his third with Columbia Records, released in 1976. "Dry Your Eyes" was performed with The Band at their farewell show and is featured in Martin Scorsese's '' The Last Waltz''.
Overv ...
'' (producer/recorded/musician)
*2008 - Kaki King - '' Dreaming of Revenge'' (producer)
*2009 - The Bowmans -''The Bowmans'' (producer/engineer)
*2009 - Sandrine -''
Dark Fades Into Light
Darkness, the direct opposite of lightness, is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black or brown.
Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low ...
'' (producer/engineer)
*2010 -
Amilia Spicer
''Saperda'' is a genus of flat-faced longhorn beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.
Species
* '' Saperda alberti'' Plavilstshikov, 1916
* ''Saperda bacil ...
Our Blood
''Our Blood'' is a studio album by avant-garde American musician Richard Buckner. It was released in August 2011 by Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Lau ...
'' - (mixer)
*2011 - The Caught (In the Madness) Malcolm Burn-Producer, Engineer, Guitar, keyboards, vocals,
*2013 - Gérald de Palmas - ''
De Palmas De Palma or DePalma or De Palmas may refer to:
Film and television
* Louie De Palma, a fictional character on the TV series '' Taxi''. Role of the despotic dispatcher was played by Danny DeVito from 1978 to 1983
* ''De Palma'' (film), a documentar ...
'' - (producer)
*2013 -
Jill Cohn
Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name Jillian (Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian.
People with the given name
* Jill Astbury, Australian ...
The Grahams The Grahams are an Alternative Pop group made up of lifelong musical and romantic partners, Alyssa and Doug Graham. Playing together on a variety of stages, the duo joined together to release their debut album, Riverman's Daughter, in the fall of 20 ...
Waiting For This Train
Waiting, Waitin, Waitin', or The Waiting may refer to:
Film
* ''Waiting'' (1991 film), a film by Jackie McKimmie
* ''Waiting...'' (film), a 2005 film starring Ryan Reynolds
* ''Waiting'' (2007 film), a film by Zarina Bhimji
* ''Waiting'' (20 ...
'' - (producer/musician/mixer)
*2014 -
Dan Whitley
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
** Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Iv ...
- ''
Calling all Gods
Calling may refer to:
* Religious calling, a religious vocation
* Effectual calling, a theological term
* Vocation, or occupation
* Audible animal communication, including mate calling and territorial threat sounds
* Game call, a device that i ...
'' - (producer/engineer)
*2019 -
Ted Wulfers
TED may refer to:
Economics and finance
* TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar
Education
* ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association
** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey
** Transvaal Education Depart ...
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Tremolo Moon
In music, ''tremolo'' (), or ''tremolando'' (), is a trembling effect. There are two types of tremolo.
The first is a rapid reiteration:
* Of a single note, particularly used on bowed string instruments, by rapidly moving the bow back and f ...