Jesse Malin is an American singer-songwriter and musician from New York City. He started his musical career in Burn, a hardcore punk band formed in 1989, and then moved onto a solo career releasing his debut album in 2002. Since then he has released 11 studio albums which span across a wide range of musical genres and mix elements of indie rock, folk, country, and punk. He has also collaborated with a variety of artists such as Ryan Adams and Bruce Springsteen. Malin has achieved success in the US and in Europe, touring regularly since 2003 and has seen his music featured in films, TV shows, and popular video game series. In 2019, Malin released Sunshine for the block, an album of soulful songs in collaboration with Don DiLego and Peter Zaremba.