A study in paradox, Malcolm is well-known and unknown. He’s praised as a national treasure, and yet he’s not sitting by the phone, waiting to receive any shiny awards. He’s a musician who hones his craft for the sake of the craft- a quality that’s in short supply in a world where the shortest route to getting famous is the most frequently taken.
Within this dance between reverence and anonymity, Holcombe has managed to reap high praise in more music reviews than can be counted throughout his more than twenty years of making music. He’s from the back- backwoods of North Carolina, yet he’s managed to touch a global audience, receiving accolades from as far away as Germany and Italy.
His gritty, honest, woeful guitar beckons you to listen to his often tongue-in-cheek tales of hard living, simple pleasures, and sage-like wisdom, yet Holcombe gives us so much more. This is music designed not just to tell us a story about people and places, but walk us directly to another place and time.
