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Midway through the 25th annual Light of Day benefit at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Saturday night, Jesse Malin confirmed rumors that had been swirling around town since the late afternoon: Bruce Springsteen was in the house. It was one of the …

The last time Jesse Malin performed in New York, in March 2023, he jumped off the stage at Webster Hall, waded through the crowd, and ended up singing atop the bar at the rear of the venue in a punk-rock display of sweaty artist-fan communion. Malin’s sold-out performance Sunday night …

Jesse Malin told Rolling Stone that he was determined to dance again after suffering a rare spinal stroke in May 2023. In a new music video for “She Don’t Love Me Now,” Sheer Terror frontman Paul Bearer is his fleet-footed proxy, gliding across a dancefloor in a New York club …

Those outside of the New York music scene may not be all that familiar with Jesse Malin. The punk and hardcore pioneer turned gritty troubadour of the streets never really had a mainstream hit, despite writing some of the most melody-rich songs of the last two decades, beginning with his …

In the year since Jesse Malin suffered a devastating spinal stroke that affected the use of his legs, his friends in the rock community have rallied together to lift his spirits and raise money for his substantial medical bills. Their latest effort is the tribute LP Silver Patron Saints: The …

On Jesse Malin’s 2019 album Sunset Kids, Billie Joe Armstrong made a cameo on the ferocious punk-rock track “Strangers & Thieves.” Now the Green Day frontman takes lead vocal on Malin’s “Black Haired Girl,” the latest song to be released from an upcoming tribute album to the New York songwriter. …

Jesse Malin gave his last headlining public performance on March 25, 2023, at Webster Hall in New York. Less than two months later, he suffered a rare spinal stroke that affected the use of his legs. Now, after more than a year of intense and ongoing physical therapy and treatment, …

Bruce Springsteen, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Lucinda Williams, and the late Wayne Kramer all come together for Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin, a tribute album to the New York songwriter due Sept. 20. Jack Antonoff and Bleachers’ version of Malin’s “Prisoners of Paradise” announces the album, …

Jesse Malin will be the first to tell you that he owes much of his worldview, musical and otherwise, to Bad Brains singer H.R Now, with H.R. dealing with his own medical issues, Malin is directing fans toward a benefit concert for the singer while also announcing his own new …

The nights are tough for Jesse Malin. Since suffering a rare spinal stroke in May that left him unable to walk, the New York singer-songwriter regularly awakens, alone, in the pre-dawn hours and asks himself if this is all really happening. He reaches for his legs, which still lack feeling, …