Simone White

Music:

Member Since: 8/21/2005
Band Website: simonewhite.com
Band Members: The lovely guitar is a 1964 Guild M20, small bodied, mahogany. I found it in a used guitar shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. That's a DiArmond pickup -(but it's spelled with an e not an i, long story)

photo: Kenda Benward
Influences:

^- Simone White, I Am The Man (Honest Jons 2007)-^
distributors: Forced Exposure (US); Indigo (Germany, France); EMI (UK, Holland, Italy)

Recorded in Nashville, TN with Marky Nevers producing (Lambchop, Calexico, Tindersticks, Candi Staton, Will Oldham). Paul Burch: vibes, percussion. Dennis Crouch: upright bass. Tony Crow: piano, organs. Brian Kotzur: drums. Doug Moffet: clarinet. Matt Swanson: bass. Gary Tussing: cello. William Tyler: guitar. Simone White: vocals, guitar. (photo on the cover is my mom with her leopard, Nero, in 1964)

^- The Sincere Recording Co. Presents Simone White (2003) Recorded in Hoboken, NJ with David Domanich producing. Frank Bango: guitar, organ, piano. Jeremy Chatzky: upright bass. Mike Chylinski: drums. Sim Cain: drums. Sean Eden: guitar. Simone White: vocals, guitar.
(cover photo: self-portrait with Bunny's rabbit Diamond)

Press: [email protected]

Sounds Like: "For those bewitched by the posthumous small-hours voice of Karen Dalton, here is a living echo of that still, small, intensely concentrated spirit. ...an intimate prettiness concealing within the rosebud the thorns of subtly articulated political protest and the warped, eerie gaze on human weakness that has been The Velvet Underground's legacy to the modern folk idiom. I Am The Man is a summer soundtrack of charm and beguiling depths." -- **** MOJO--"The songs drift dreamily between bittersweet romance, whimsy and the political while White's breathy, restful tones and Mark Nevers's muted production give everything a balmy unified feel of the rarest kind." -- **** Q Magazine--"The Beep Beep Song" is brilliant whimsy...White sings something like Astrud Gilberto... The languor conceals a sharp, politicized observer of the American wasteland, and White's songs counter The Man's depredations with becalmed cool." --No Depression--"Coming out of seemingly nowhere, is Simone White, with a chameleon of a voice that changes shades and colors so naturally as to send you scratching the back of your mind trying to figure out where to place it." --LUNAPARK6--"Simone White's indie-folk quasi-protest song, "American War," is witty, provocative, and effective without being angry or disillusioned." --Billboard--"A late-night melancholy gem." --Bucketfull of Brains--"Simone White's debut album is a delightful treat. The moment that "America In '54" comes on your stereo, you'll think that Joni Mitchell has been re-incarnated...Sincere is the perfect word for this consistent first release. Appropriate for any season, this will appeal to fans of classic singer/songwriters, and also modern female artists such as Cat Power." --liepaper.com--"sensitive, strangely soulful, bizarre..." --Boog City--
Record Label: Honest Jons
Type of Label: Indie