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 Hailed as "the greatest unknown goddess of country music" by the Gavin radio trade magazine, Joy Lynn White is one of the rare treasures to emerge from Nashville in recent memory. Initially turning heads with her awesome set of pipes as she forged the new assertive mode for modern female country singers, White has since blossomed into a superior songwriter, evocative performer, and naturally gifted actress. Driven by her muse rather than any career considerations, she is the real deal: a roots music singer and songwriter with heart, smarts, and hard-won wisdom and integrity. White is one of the best-kept secrets in American music, at least for now, but her talents can be impressively measured by the creative company she keeps. In addition to releasing three critically acclaimed albums of her own, she has sung on records with Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis, The Mavericks, Iris DeMent, Buddy Miller, Kim Richey and Robbie Fulks, among many others. Her friend Williams has invited White to open her shows and join her on stage, and she has toured Europe with such esteemed artists as Americana hero Miller and legendary songwriter Chip Taylor. The rising country-rock band Pinmonkey recorded two of her songs on their debut CD, and White recently played country matriarch Maybelle Carter in a theater production celebrating the music and story of the legendary Carter family. From her first emergence in the early 1990's, White has been lauded as a very special musical quantity. Born in Arkansas and raised in Indiana, White started singing in public at five years old. Blessed with a voice that displays what USA Today calls "an emotional range beyond anything in mainstream country," she headed to Nashville after finishing high school in a beat-up old car with a mere $200 in her pocket. She quickly became one of Music City’s most in-demand demo singers before winning a record deal with Columbia Records. She released what Country Weekly praises as "two brilliant albums" on Columbia: 1992's Between Midnight & Hindsight (recently re-released on Sony/Lucky Dog Records) and 1994's Wild Love. The discs broke the old school mold to introduce a strong and sassy female persona that has since come to dominate the country charts. Selecting or co-writing all the songs herself, she put together the production team of Blake Chancey and Paul Worley to oversee the recordings. The duo later applied a similar formula to superstar success with The Dixie Chicks, who re-recorded Tonight the Heartache’s on Me (a hit single for the Chicks) and Cold Day in July from White’s albums. With 1997's The Lucky Few, White hit Number One on the Americana chart. She also honed her talents as a songwriter to win a staff writer deal with Welk Music while continuing to broaden her musical range as an emotionally riveting live performer. Recent years have found White also developing a European fan base, headlining the Vikedal Roots Festival in Norway and touring England with her friend Suzi Ragsdale. In 2002 she issued a limited release CD of her song demos, On Her Own, to sell at shows and on her website (www.joylynnwhite.com). Even without a publicity campaign, the disc nonetheless won kudos from the press in America and abroad. White is also included in Stephen Foehr’s Waking Up in Nashville; a book published in 2002 which accurately portrays the in’s & out’s of the music business. Foehr well documents White’s undaunted abilities and endurance in Music City. She is described as one of the "unapologetic females in the country music business" and one of the "most seasoned purveyors of country music that has claimed to be America’s music." Foehr emphatically states that "when she sings the worry lines and concerns are heard." White’s most recent creative triumph came with being cast as a lead actress in Keep on the Sunny Side: The Songs and Story of the Carter Family. Singing, playing guitar and acting the role of Mother Maybelle Carter, White won standing ovations night after night during the production’s sold-out run at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA and on tour at other theaters in Virginia and Tennessee. She is in the midst of independently recording her first full album of original material, co-producing the sessions with noted producer Kyle Lehning (known for his work with Travis, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, England Dan & John Ford Coley and The Derailers). "Joy Lynn White is a bewitching siren who deserves a wider audience," insists Country Weekly, while Stereo Review praises her as the "fiery redhead with a wild-and-wounded delivery and an attitude that says she is not to be ignored." Not content to rest on such laurels, White continues to stay one or more steps ahead of the pack as she refines and expands her talents. And as Modern Screen’s Country Music says of White, "true talent has a way of lasting." So when success finally catches up with her, Joy Lynn White will have made her mark on her own terms - the ultimate artistic triumph. www.joylynnwhite.com |
 "White displays an emotional range beyond anything heard in mainstream country." - David Zimmerman, USA Today "Simply put, Joy Lynn White rules." - Rob Bleetstein, Gavin "White lets loose with a reckless bravado that she tempers with confessional intimacy and hard-nosed vulnerability." - Pulse! "Joy Lynn White is a bewitching siren who deserves a wider audience." - Nick Krewen, Country Weekly "White bridges the gap between mainstream country and alternative country." - Geoffrey Himes, Country Music Magazine "White has the kind of voice that can toss on a leather jacket, sashay into a barroom full of songs, pick out the hottest number, then go up and kiss it on the lips and make it all her own." - Rob Patterson, New Country Magazine "Gutsy, sultry, rollicking, scorching, burning, sizzling, fiery and sassy." - Kimmy Wix, Music City News "The voice that comes out of her red lips is all power and fire, free wheeling passion and trembling heartbreak." - Bill Hobbs, New Country Magazine "White is the fiery redhead with a wild-and-wounded delivery and an attitude that says she is not to be ignored." - Stereo Review |
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 On Her Own - Demos 2002 2002 Doing Time on Planet Earth with The Brooklyn Cowboys Leaps Records - 1999 The Lucky Few Little Dog Records - 1997 4 on the Floor with Jann Browne, Matt Barnes, Pat Gallagher Swiss Radio International - 1997 Wild Love Columbia Records - 1994 Between Midnight & Hindsight Columbia - 1992 OTHER ALBUMS with JOY LYNN WHITE Worship & Faith - Randy Travis - Word Records - 2003 Fields and Fences - Kent Agee - Lucky Daddy Music - 2003 18 Again - Amy Rigby - Koch Records - 2002 Caught in the Webb | A Tribute to Webb Pierce - Various artists - Audium Records - 2002 Well of Mercy - Michael Kelsh - Sonorita Music - 2001 Couples in Trouble - Robbie Fulks - Bloodshot Records - 2001 Certified Miracle - Duane Jarvis - Slewfoot Records - 2001 Classic Country | Sony Ladies - Various artists - Renaissance Records - 2000 Essence - Lucinda Williams - Lost Hightway Records - 2001 Christmas Time in Texas - Dale Watson - Continental Record Services - 2000 Sugar Tree - Amy Rigby - Koch Records - 2000 444 - Charlie Major - Dead Reckoning Records - 1999 Walternative - Walter Egan - WE Records - 1999 Cruel Moon - Buddy Miller - High Tone Records - 1999 Melic - Hayseed - Watermelon Records - 1998 Radio Sucks - Various artists - KDOG Records - 1998 Three Chords and the Truth - Sara Evans - BMG Records - 1997 Throwin’ Rocks at the Moon - Backsliders - Mammoth Records - 1997 Desire Road - Bob Woodruff - Imprint Records - 1997 Bittersweet - Kim Richey - Polygram Records - 1997 Ultimate Country ‘96 - Various artists - K-Tel Records - 1995 Save the Eagle - Various artists - American Eagle Records - 1995 Gone - Dwight Yoakam - Reprise Records - 1995 Rise Above It - Jamie O’Hara - RCA Records - 1995 Young Queens of Country - Various artists - Priority Records - 1995 Cryin’, Lovin’, Leavin’ - Marty Brown - MCA Records - 1994 What a Crying Shame - Mavericks - MCA Records - 1994 Dreams and Saturday Night - Bob Woodruff - Asylum Records - 1994 Maverick | Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various artists - Atlantic Records - 1994 New Country | September 1994 - Various Artists - Connell Communications, Inc. - 1994 My Life - Iris DeMent - Warner Brothers - 1993 Wild Kentucky Skies - Marty Brown - MCA Records - 1993 On the Road - Lee Roy Parnell - Arista Records - 1993 |
 Right Here, Right Now with Charlie Major from the album "444" Dead Reckoning Records - 1999 Save the Eagle with Various artists American Eagle Records - 1995 Wild Love from the album "Wild Love" Columbia Records - 1994 Bad Loser from the album "Wild Love" Columbia Records - 1994 Amazing Grace from the Major Motion Picture Soundtrack for "Maverick" Atlantic Records - 1994 Dream, Dream, Dream with Marty Stuart for the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau - 1993 True Confessions from the album "Between Midnight & Hindsight Columbia Records - 1993 Little Tears from the album "Between Midnight & Hindsight Columbia Records - 1992 |
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