Brant Miller’s July 2026 release, “In The Meantime,” offers 12 finely crafted songs that together offer a realistic yet hopeful perspective of the ever changing political, social, and environmental landscape. It has been well-received by Folk DJs, with the album reaching #6, and Brant as artist #8, on August’s Folk Chart. His first solo album, 2020’s “Roots, Rhymes & Branches,” brought to fruition a lifetime of musicality fused with commitment to environmental and social causes, with his timely song, “Where Now America?,” reaching #12 on the FAI Folk Chart. Brant, an eight-time winner or finalist in the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, third-place winner in the 2025 Dallas Songwriters Association song contest, and finalist in both the 2022 and 2025 International Acoustic Music Awards contests. Brant lives in Nashville and makes music full time, along with political and environmental activism.
Brant Miller’s July 2026 release, “In The Meantime,” offers 12 finely crafted songs that together offer a realistic yet hopeful perspective of the ever changing political, social, and environmental landscape. It has been well-received by Folk DJs, with the album reaching #6, and Brant as artist #8, on August’s Folk Chart. His first solo album, 2020’s “Roots, Rhymes & Branches,” brought to fruition a lifetime of musicality fused with commitment to environmental and social causes, with his timely song, “Where Now America?,” reaching #12 on the FAI Folk Chart.
Brant grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, steeped in the folk traditions of Pete Seeger and Don McClean, both of whom he met and jammed with as a teenager while crewing on the sloop Clearwater.
After five years of practicing forestry in Honduras in the Peace Corps and in Alaska, Brant moved to Nashville to pursue his musical dreams, pitching his songs and getting songs cuts. He resumed his forestry career but never slowed down, recording two CDs with his trio, 2nd Nature, playing twice at the Ryman, and winning or placing eight times in the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest. In addition, Brant was third-place winner in the 2025 Dallas Songwriters Association song contest, and finalist in both the 2025 and 2022 International Acoustic Music Awards contests. His songs have been recorded by country, folk, and bluegrass artists in the U.S. and Europe, including the 2020 #2 bluegrass hit, “Fast as I Can Crawl” and “Somewhere Under the Rainbow,” which went Platinum in Denmark. His Climate Anthem “I Wanna Be Cool,” co-written with Will Kimbrough, is being used to inspire meaningful climate action and mobilize global youth to combat the world’s climate crisis.
Brant, who now pursues performing and songwriting full time, lives with his wife Patricia near Nashville on five acres with over 300 trees they planted.
“Nashville-based folk singer-songwriter Brant Miller returns with In the Meantime, an emotionally rich collection of songs that explores family, time, immigration, social change, resilience, and the search for peace in an increasingly complicated world…the album brings together traditional roots instrumentation and deeply personal storytelling, creating a record that feels both timeless and remarkably relevant…His songwriting is direct and human, carrying the influence of outspoken folk pioneers such as Woody Guthrie while developing a voice and perspective entirely his own.”
“The at-odds state of our union as Americans is discussed in “Something We Can Agree On” as In the Meantime opens the front gate for friends, neighbors, and any others who want to take a seat to find a common ground…Brant Miller… teaches a history lesson that creates a backstory for the current times of the citizens of the U.S.A. with “The Great Experiment”… He pens “Time to Forgive Myself” with Honky Tonk wisdom before exiting In the Meantime with the quiet reverie of “I Take a Minute”.
“Brant…sings with a warm folky pastoral tone. In the Meantime is delicate, with banjo picking, fiddle sawing & acoustic guitars. “Sometimes You Just Have To Let It Go” is an optimistic song about toleration. A good message song. More in a Woody Guthrie/Ramblin’ Jack Elliott style is “My Wild Oats Are Sown,” which sounds like it would’ve made a great Peter, Paul & Mary song. Brief but agile harmonica & piano solos lay down nice breaks during a well-recorded session.”
Brant’s 2026 release, “In The Meantime,” was promoted to Folk Radio by Kari Estrin, and well-received by Folk DJs:
#6 album on FAI Folk Chart, August 2026 (In The Meantime), #8 artist on FAI Folk Chart, August 2026 (In The Meantime), #12 song on FAI Folk Chart, August 2026 (The Last Songwriter)
Brant was interviewed by Jan and Rusty as featured artist on their Philly Folk Scene radio show on WPPM-FM on August. 20, 2026
Brant was featured artist of mini-concert on Jon Stein’s Hootenanny Café radio show on WTBQ FM on August 30, 2026
“Brant’s lyrics are refreshing and delightful, some with humor, yet he doesn’t shy away from the hard issues folk singers should be writing about in these times.”
Louisa Branscomb, IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award and Song of the Year winner
Folk Alliance International, The Recording Academy (voting member), Americana Music Association, International Bluegrass Music Association, ASCAP
Check out these videos from the 2020 Folk Alliance International Conference “Folk Unlocked”
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