Strong vocals, lyrics, and songwriting based in Americana branching to soul, country, and pop.  Influences: Townes Van Zandt, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker

Roots formed in old standards, a juvenile heart, and his mother’s Ray Charles albums, Austin’s Ben Mallott uses his grainy timbre to remove the punctuation between singer and songwriter.

A songwriter who admits his journeys have taken him from window seats to bathroom floors, he sticks to what works and in turn churns out his distinctive brand of Americana confession.

“I'm strange about where and when I write,” Mallott explains. “I try not to move my residence too often, because it usually takes a couple of months for me to find the place in the house that sounds and feels right. Where I live now, I stand about six inches from the back door and sing into it. It didn't take me long to have a glass door installed.”