Combining equal parts folk, rock and Americana, NYC singer/songwriter JOE WHYTE's songs are riddled with, "time tested melodies" (TimeOut NY).Called by A&R service TAXI "the best alt-country artist (we)'ve ever heard", Joe expands on his 2006 EP with his new album, DEVIL IN THE DETAILS, which the music blog Captain Obvious called, “a cohesive collection of alt-country pearls that shimmer with simplicity and effectiveness.â€For the past 3 years, Joe has been a recipient of an ASCAPlus award, a merit-based songwriting grant from ASCAP, the performing rights society, and also named a semi-finalist in Discmakers/Taxi Independent Music World Series.In 2005, Joe was invited to Ireland to play the 8th annual Carlsberg Rhythm and Roots Festival in Kilkenny, where he headlined 2 shows and opened for alt-country legends Son Volt at a third. In addition, Joe signed an endorsement deal with Elixir strings, showcased with his band at the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC and had music placed in the PBS show "Roadtrip Nation", which aired on over 70 PBS stations.In 2007 and 2008, he toured the UK and Ireland where he played with such acts as The Duhks and Richmond Fontaine, including one show at the Darvel Music Festival in Scotland. His music is currently getting radio play on WBJB, WFDU, WNTI, WDVR, WRPI, XM and Sirius Satellite Radio, Clear Channel’s ‘Undiscovered’, in addition to numerous internet and UK stations and podcasts.Over the years, Joe has played with such acts as Son Volt, The Frames, Josh Ritter, Richmond Fontaine, The Duhks, Slaid Cleaves, Shurman and Toby Lightman, to name a few.Joe is represented (legal) by George N. Stein, former attorney and manager for the late Jeff Buckley.
HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT DEVIL IN THE DETAILS:."**** (4 stars). A significant achievement...The performance standard is high throughout...delicately crafted... Whyte's youthful tenor belies his maturity as a deft writer...it balances musical credibility with populist appeal in a way that is often made to look impossible by less adept artists. - MAVERICK(UK), March 2008."8 out of 10. Musically, the album is perfect. The title track is just beautiful, and the whole song is well arranged. ‘Out of Tune’ is again so fantastically arranged, and Joe’s voice is really let to work on this song. I think with his talent for song writing he could really get some good results. Joe manages to portray warmth in his songs that really hits you hard, and its hard not to feel just a little melancholic when you hear his voice soar." - AMERICANA UK, May 2008"Joe Whyte is going to make history with this album, and you heard it here first...Impresses from the start...he launches himself straight into the circle of promising singer-songwriters who we simply have to keep our eye on. A must-buy album!!!" - ROOTSVILLE.BE, Feb. 2008"comfortingly familiar and refreshingly new at the same time...Whyte’s clever arrangements make his sound wholly unique...a cohesive,
cleverly-arranged set that eases from one song to the next; there’s no throwaway tracks here – every one begs a listen from the opening note." - Alyssa Rashbaum, REBEL SPIRIT MUSIC (May 2008)"**** (4 stars)! What a damn good album this is! Whyte has put together a collection of songs that stick with you from the very first time you hear them. He is, in our opinion, the most promising artist of the near future. Buy it immediately! - CTRL.ALT.COUNTRY, Jan. 2008"BEST OF 2007! This album is why I love Americana music...a flat out great CD...I want to hear more...the guy’s got it going on from the writing perspective...he sounds fantastic. Check him out!" – AMERICANAROOTS.COM."I just put it on and already I’m loving it! Excellent stuff...I really must play more tracks from this album. It really is very good indeed." - Tom Fahey, AMERICANA OK (Scotland)."I suspect that this beautiful disc will surface somewhere in my BEST OF 2007 LIST. To succeed in that, it must be a tremendous disc, hence this review. He has a particularly beautiful voice and a great set of musicians in his group...his beautiful, passionate and expressive voice soars with great expression." - ROOTSTIME.BE"...polished compositions...the opener “This Foolish Heartâ€, is the type of song you hear once, and click on the iTunes store and buy...Whyte has really crafted a strong record...something bigger than roots music, which gives me the sneaking suspicion that Joe Whyte might end up being bigger too." – HERO HILL (music blog) – December 2007."Joe Whyte is the best alt-country artist I've ever heard at TAXI (and I've heard alot)...Great songs. Both thumbs way up...These songs contain the essence of what is good about alt-country music...This is flat-out killer from head to toe..." - TAXI."...an album of consistent quality...Whyte navigates confidently through songs with an assuredness that never approaches pretense...Ultimately, the album is a cohesive collection of alt. country pearls that shimmer with simplicity and effectiveness." – CAPTAIN OBVIOUS (music blog)."...accomplished Americana with easy hooks and time-tested kind of melodies....a true all-rounder in terms of appeal: he’s a really good singer, he’s got a solid backing band and his songs slip down like a good session beer – consistently tasty and suitably thirst-quenching, but not so strongly-flavoured or heady as to get you drunk and maybe spoil things. Can’t fault that - right?" - Netrhythms.co.uk.
