Simone White

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Name = Simone White


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Background = solo_singer
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Born = 1970
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Origin = Oahu, Hawaii
Instrument = Guitar, Vocals
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Years_active = 2000 to present
Label = [http://www.honestjons.com/label.php Honest Jon's]
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URL = [http://www.simonewhite.com www.simonewhite.com]
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Simone White is an American singer-songwriter.

Music Career

White moved to NYC from London in 2000 where she began to play music onstage. She recorded her first album with producer David Domanich and musician and friend Frank Bango. White released the album, "The Sincere Recording Company Presents", in 2003 on Bango's label The Sincere Recording Company.

"I Am The Man", her second album, was recorded with producer Mark Nevers, (Lambchop/Calexico/Will Oldham/Silver Jews), in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2006 she was signed to the UK label Honest Jons. "I Am The Man" was released by Honest Jons/EMI in the UK, Japan, Italy and Holland in 2007 and released in France, Germany and the United States in 2008 through distributors Indigo and Forced Exposure. The album was a favourite with critics from MOJO [“not just a pretty voice but a mesmerizing intelligence… a summer soundtrack of charm and beguiling depths” ****] and Q Magazine ["...a feel of the rarest kind." ****] to the Daily Mail [“a vibrant new talent”] .

In 2007 and 2008 White toured in the United Kingdom and Europe headlining and supporting various bands: Nouvelle Vague, Alela Diane, Teitur, Stephen Fretwell and Little Dragon. In 2008 she played at the festivals Greenman and WOMAD in the UK.

White was a part of Damon Albarn's critically acclaimed "Honest Jons Revue" which toured in July 2008 to the Barbican Center in London, Les Nuits Fourviere Festival in Lyon, and the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City. The Honest Jons Revue included the artists Tony Allen, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Damon Albarn, Kokanko Sata Doumbia, Lobi Traore, Afel Bocoum, Candi Staton, Simone White and Victoria Williams.

White currently lives in Venice, California.

Discography

Albums

* "The Sincere Recording Company Presents Simone White" (Sincere Recording Co., 2003)
* "I Am The Man" (Honest Jons, 2007)

Compilation contributions

*2006 'The American War' - "The Sound the Hare Heard" (Kill Rock Stars compilation disc)

Other facts

* 'The Beep Beep Song' from the album "I Am the Man " was used in an Audi R8 advert in the UK [ [http://www.audi.co.uk/audi/uk/en2/about_audi_ag/news/The_Audi_R8.html The Audi R8] ] , France, Italy [ [http://www.audi.it/audi/it/it2/Gamma/r8.html Audi R8 italian advert] ] , the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, South Africa, Sweden and was shown in the half time ad break of the Rugby World Cup Final of 2007.

References

External links

* [http://www.simonewhite.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/simonewhite MySpace Profile]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/simonewhite YouTube Profile]
* [http://www.sincererecording.com/ Sincere Recording Co.]
* [http://www.honestjons.com/ Honest Jons]