Jay Malinowski
Dine Alone
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Beyond music and writing, he is also a graduate in Fine Arts from Queen’s University. His visual work has been exhibited nationally, with a large-scale portrait installed in Tofino and recent paintings featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, documenting the life of Chicago Bulls champion Craig Hodges.
As founding member of Canadian duo Bedouin Soundclash, Malinowski quickly rose to international acclaim when the sophomore Platinum-selling album Sounding a Mosaic (2004), featuring the global hit “When The Night Feels My Song”, earned Bedouin a JUNO Award for Best New Group. Over the years, the band has continued to evolve their sound weaving influences of reggae, soul, jazz, gospel, and electronic across acclaimed albums like Street Gospels (2007), Light the Horizon (2010), and MASS (2019).
Bedouin Soundclash’s latest album, We Will Meet In A Hurricane, arrived to critical acclaim in 2022 via Dine Alone Records. Co-produced by Malinowski and Colin Stewart (The New Pornographers, Destroyer, Dan Mangan, Black Mountain), the buoyant and soulful tracks on We Will Meet In A Hurricane find Bedouin digging back into their musical roots, steeped in the border-bending sounds the band is known for. Stream We Will Meet In A Hurricane HERE.
Renowned for their incredible live shows, the duo have shared the stage with a laundry list of iconic artists including No Doubt, Ben Harper, Damian Marley, The Roots, and Bad Brains to name just a few. Last year, the band celebrated the 20th anniversary of Sounding a Mosaic with an extensive Canadian tour, and supported the inimitable Frank Turner on his NA run including a performance at his award-winning festival, Lost Evenings VII in Toronto.
