New album, In the Meantime, out on July 31
A new collection of songs that remind us of our human compasses, give us meaning to our roots, provide others with grace and space, and offer hope for a better world.
Getting some help from friends – Will Kimbrough, Jeanette Williams, and Claire Lynch
Nashville-based folk singer-songwriter Brant Miller is set to release his album In The Meantime on July 31, 2026. This collection of 12 songs offers passionately delivered observations on time – whether it’s climate change, friendships, political, or social matters, and their dynamics. Brant keeps his eyes on all of these and digs deep to reveal the human commonalities within each. Produced by Brant, the album was recorded and mixed by engineer Dylan Alldredge (Shemekia Copeland, Mary Gauthier) at Skinny Elephant in East Nashville, TN.
All songs are written solely by Brant, with one exception, “I Wanna Be Cool,” co-written with Will Kimbrough in collaboration with the ClimateMusic Project and Music Declares Emergency US.
AS I BUILD THIS HOUSE
As I build this house I’m thinking about my family south of the border
As I cut this board I pray to the Lord there’s enough for that MoneyGram order
In the hot sun I’m bakin’, every part of me’s achin’, but I can’t let them go without
They’re down there without me, it’s tearin’ me up, and tears fall as I build this house
The album is filled with roots-music favorites, featuring acoustic guitar, fiddle, dobro, harmonica, and folk harmonies, ranging from slow to mid-tempo, creating a beautiful backdrop as Brant tells the story. The musicians backing him in the studio range from well-known Nashville session players to a local mariachi band. Notable players include guitarist Chris Leuzinger (Garth Brooks), Claire Lynch (Grammy-nominated Bluegrass pioneer, vocals on various artists’ albums ranging from Patty Loveless to Dolly Parton), keyboardist Catherine Marx (Reba McEntire, Linda Ronstadt, Rodney Crowell), folk music legend John McCutcheon, and Brant’s sister, Tamra Rosanes, known as Denmark’s Country Queen.
Brant’s unique voice and delivery defy easy comparison, but his artistic sensibilities are inspired by outspoken folk pioneers like Woody Guthrie and an amalgam of other folk, country, bluegrass, and blues icons, all of whom have one thing in common: telling it like it is.
“The songs on In The Meantime were born and have evolved to teach us how life has both united and divided us. We need to keep up the good fight, but at the end of the day, give ourselves grace and find peace and shelter during times of personal and societal struggle.” – Brant Miller
THE LAST SONGWRITER
I’m the last songwriter with blood in his veins
Baring my soul, sharing my pain
Machines reach that bottom line faster, it’s true
The last living songwriter’s singin’ the blues
Time is a recurring theme on the album: how to best use it (“In the Meantime”), how America has changed over it(“The Great Experiment”), how fast it passes (“My Wild Oats Are Sown”), and how it can overwhelm us (“I Take A Minute”). One of the highlights of In the Meantime is “As I Build This House,” a song written from the perspective of an immigrant worker, complete with five members of a local Nashville mariachi band.
About Brant:
Since Brant Miller’s 2020 release, “Roots, Rhymes & Branches,” he has brought to fruition a lifetime of musicality fused with a commitment to environmental and social causes. It was the #14 album on the FAI Folk Chart, with his song, “Where Now America?” reaching #12.
Brant grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, steeped in the folk traditions of Pete Seeger and Don McClean, both of whom he met and jammed with as a teenager while crewing on the sloop Clearwater.
After five years of practicing forestry in Honduras with the Peace Corps and in Alaska, Brant moved to Nashville to pursue his musical dreams, pitching his songs and landing cuts. He resumed his forestry career but never slowed down, recording two CDs with his trio, 2nd Nature, playing twice at the Ryman, and winning or placing eight times in the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest and the iconic The Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN.
MY WILD OATS ARE SOWN
The years have flown like flocks of geese fleeing winter’s freeze
and I just want to break loose for a while
I’ll stick my thumb out till I’m picked up by a summer breeze
I’ll leave these troubles ridin’ on a big old smile
In addition, Brant was the third-place winner in the 2025 Dallas Songwriters Association song contest and a finalist in both the 2025 and 2022 International Acoustic Music Awards contests. His songs have been recorded by country, folk, and bluegrass artists in the U.S. and Europe, including the 2020 #2 bluegrass hit, “Fast as I Can Crawl” and “Somewhere Under the Rainbow,” which went Platinum in Denmark. His Climate Anthem “I Wanna Be Cool,” co-written with Will Kimbrough, is being used to inspire meaningful climate action and mobilize global youth to combat the world’s climate crisis.
Brant, who now pursues performing and songwriting full-time, lives with his wife, Patricia, near Nashville on five acres, where they have planted over 300 trees.
So, as the album closes with “I Take A Minute,” Brant wrote this song as he drove through the Great Smoky Mountains on his way to a songwriter’s retreat. It was a time of reflection and being grateful for his life’s journey.
