Grant Maloy Smith™ is a Billboard Top 10 recording artist and MusicRow CountryBreakout charting songwriter of AMERICAN ROOTS music. His 2022 Christmas album received great reviews, including:

“…Grant Maloy Smith ambitiously sculpts an imaginative 10-track Christmas set…sincere and expressive throughout … his two originals stand up among the classics that surround them.” ~Americana Highways

His 2021 theme album, APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES received rave reviews, including:

​“If you took a few ounces of Willie Nelson and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, mixed them carefully, Grant Maloy Smith would appear ...One day we’ll be talking about how Grant Maloy Smith is a national treasure – like John Prine.” ~ John Apice, Americana Highways

His previous album, DUST BOWL: AMERICAN STORIES, spent 17 weeks on the Billboard charts, including eleven weeks in the Top 10 of the Americana/Folk album sales charts, selling more than 28,000 copies along the way. Grant made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 and returned in 2022. He has won numerous awards, including two Grammy® certificates. In 2020 he was inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame in Hollywood.

An accomplished writer, his songs have been covered by artists like Jeff Clayborn, who recorded Grant's song "I Reckon," and included it on his 2019 album GOOD BAR ATTENDER. "I Reckon" was also released as a single, and it rode the MusicRow CountryBreakout charts for several weeks. It was also a top 10 hit in Europe.

Grant has made guest appearances singing and/or playing guitar on other artist's tracks, including Wendy Loomis, Jeff Hyman, Mike Sands, Betsy Walter, Kevin Lucas, Cindy Paulos and many more. He has also produced songs for artists including Jeff Hyman, Kevin Lucas, Dave Williams, Tara Gozaydin, Bob Cummiskey and others.

Whether he’s playing with a full band or performing solo, audiences are enthralled by his meaningful songs and his sense of humor. Grant is also an actor, appearing in the feature film Oildale, filmed in Bakersfield, California.