Brant Miller’s 2020 release, “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, and finalist in the 2021 Renaissance Artists and Writers Association "Songs for Social Change" contest and 2022 International Acoustic Music Awards contest, lives in Nashville and now makes music full time, along with political and environmental activism.
Brant Miller’s 2020 release “Roots, Rhymes & Branches” brings to fruition a lifetime of musicality fused with commitment to environmental and social causes. It was the #14 album on the FAI Folk Chart, with his song, “Where Now America?” reaching #12.
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. Brant was a finalist in the 2021 Renaissance Artists and Writers Association "Songs for Social Change" contest, and in the 2022 International Acoustic Music Awards contest's Folk/Americana/Roots category. 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.
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.
“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
Brant’s 2020 release, “Roots, Rhymes & Branches,” was promoted to Folk Radio by Kari Estrin, and well-received by Folk DJs.
#12 song on FAI Folk Chart, June 2020 (Where Now America?)
#14 album on FAI Folk Chart, July 2020
CD of the Week on Rich Warren’s Midnight Special radio show - June 6, 2020
Brant was featured artist of mini-concert on Jon Stein’s Hootenanny Café radio show on WTBQ FM, July 26, 2020
Check out these videos from the 2020 Folk Alliance International Conference "Folk Unlocked"
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