Diane Gentile is a New York Singer, Songwriter, and Producer. Her accomplishments are multi-teared and ever-building. This last year was spent co-producing the benefit album Silver Patron Saints for artist Jesse Malin, who suffered a rare debilitating spinal stroke. The album contains covers of Jesse’s songs from 26 artists, culminating in two consecutive benefit shows, sold out at NY’s Beacon Theater, where she performed a duet with Jesse.

Diane Gentile’s last album, The Bad and the Beautiful (2023), significantly increased her Spotify listenership. This success led to tours with ex-Replacements founder Tommy Stinson and support slots with Alejandro Escovedo, both of whom are highly respected figures in the music industry. Her critically acclaimed duet with Escovedo, titled “Walk With Me,” Further solidified her reputation. She also collaborated with British singer/songwriter James Maddock on her tune “Lace Up Your Sneakers”, which received an astounding increase in viewership on YouTube. The Bad and Beautiful was recorded by Diane and the Gentlemen band members Jason Victor (guitar) and Colin Brooks (drums), with help from Rob Clores (keys) and James Cruz (bass). The Band initially united around 2013 during the recording of Diane Gentile’s first album titled Caught in A Wave (producer Don Diego). The press on The Bad and the Beautiful agreed with On Stage Magazine’s praise of “Diane’s knack for writing instantly relatable songs that will not leave your head.”

Diane’s songwriting has no other artist’s mirrors. Her musical influences come from a mosh pit of great songs of all genres, having informed her music sensibilities. Within that pit are artists like of Melanie, Lucinda Williams, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Strokes, The Cure, The Pretenders, and more.

Her career began to sizzle after the release of her first album. She started playing live show stages with cool bands in the NYC downtown scene. The Band then released a 2nd album, The White Sea, which Brooklyn Vegan penned “10 tracks of gritty, attitude-heavy rock n’ roll.” Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate produced the first two songs for that album, “Motorcycle” and “Boyfriend,” and Little Steven chose “Motorcycle” as the “Coolest Song in the World” for his Underground Garage Channel/Sirius XM and thus supported by a plethora of Radio stations. “There is a magical interplay between Steve Wynn and guitarist Jason Victor. The Dream Syndicate has a certain melodic chaos, that distinct kind that I wanted to hear on my record, which is why I was thrilled to have the opportunity to play with Jason and have Steve produce.” The single was recorded at Atomic Studios. with Merle Chornuk Engineering. Don Diego, who did a fine job producing and playing on Caught in a Wave, allowed me to release both records through his Velvet Elk Records label.”

The single was mixed by Clif Norell (R.E.M., The Replacements, Bruce Springsteen), and the other tracks were mixed by Merle Chornuk (Ryan Adams, Nels Cline). The video for “Motorcycle” was directed by Bill Moulton.

With the first single’s success, Diane began opening for acclaimed artists: Richard Lloyd (Television), Steve Wynn, Jesse Malin, Laura Cantrell a,nd more. Diane and the Gentle Men then released an EP titled The Little Things EP with four songs: “Joe,” “Little Things”, “2nd Hand Heart,” and “Perfect People.” She released videos for “Perfect People” and “Little Things” and received video debuts on RollingStone.com. Following the EP release came The White Sea, an entire album that included the previously released singles and songs from the EP that were all played on The Underground Garage: “Motorcycle,” “Boyfriend,” “Little Things,” and “Perfect People.” “Perfect People” was chosen for “Coolest Song in the World” at UG.

Like many artists, Diane faced challenges during the pandemic. However, she didn’t let this stop her creative process. She worked solo, without the Band, and wrote a new set of 15 songs. She then headed to the studio to record these songs. The first song, “The World is a Goner,” was recorded quickly by a team of talented musicians, including Derek Cruz, James Cruz, Rob Clores, and Randy Schrager, at Atomic Studios with Merle Chornuk behind the controls. Velvet Elk released the single on May 14, 2021. The single debuted on The Whole Wide World on Delphine Blues’s show on WFUV, NYC, and Americana Songwriter premiered the video, edited by Dave Stekert and filmed by Dina Regine.

Diane has appeared yearly at the 30A Songwriter Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. She has performed at The Bowery Ballroom and The Roxy in Los Angeles, participating in large benefit concerts featuring artists like Debbie Harry, Duff McKagan, Butch Walker, and others. She sang for the Marc Bolan Anniversary at City Winery (Tony Shanahan, Tish and Snookie, Steve Conte, Suzanne Vega, Richard Barone, and others). During the pandemic, she performed solo shows at The City Winery for their “Incidental Music Series.” She produced The Virtual Sylvain Sylvain (NY Dolls) Memorial Show after Sylvain’s passing and a Virtual Music Celebration in honor of Fountain’s of Wayne mastermind Adam Schlesinger (who passed of Covid). Both virtual memorial shows feature many artists in tribute to these greats.

Looking towards the future, Diane is currently working on a new album set to be released in 2025.