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Train Song is a KCRW Top Tune! "The subtle stylings of Simone White captured the attention of Blur frontman Damon Albarn. He invited her to be a part of the Honest Jons Revue tour, which included a triumphant appearance at NYC's Lincoln Center in 2008. Her third album, Yakiimo is an intimate collection of songs, including Today's Top Tune "Train Song."

 

"Simone White ist bereits jetzt eine der ganz großen amerikanischen Songschreiberinnen." Rolling Stone Magazine DE Read More...

 

"It has a gentle country swing, but it’s not soft music. These are songs rich in yearning, despair and very American symbolism." NME Read More...

 

"Es ist keine Seltenheit, dass noch relativ junge Künstler nicht mit dem frühen Meisterwerk, sondern mit späteren, etwas schwächeren Platten Berühmtheit erlangen." Der Spiegel Read More...

 

"Without paying close attention, Simone White may come off as merely another quirky, delicate ingenue upon first listening. But start peeling away the outer layers and a strong, dark, and challenging artist is revealed. She sings like a beautiful bird with a broken wing. Her best songs - “Victoria Anne,” “Yakiimo,” and “A Girl You Never Met” - float like dreamy, acoustic-folk Americana visions atop acoustic guitars and fine fiddle playing from Billy Contreras (Robinella & The CC String Band). It’s like discovering Gillian Welch has a reclusively mysterious and shy, yet somehow urbane kid sister who’s finally decided to share her personal observations with the world. “A Girl You Never Met” is a stunningly compassionate ballad about an elderly friend who is tired of life. The lyric is so brutal and honest that after listening to it you feel you have met this ‘girl’ and want to shake her yelling, “Don’t do it! I’ve met you!” It’s a dark space but there’s more human understanding in this one tune than most artists amass in an entire career." NPR Blurt Online Read More...

 

"an uncanny figure in person, her whispered songs enchanting..."

The Village Voice

 

"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."

Four Star Review **** MOJO

 

"Judging by this collection of country-tinged songs [Yakiimo], Simone White is a dreamy, sensitive soul. Singing in a distracted, unforced way with a voice that lends itself to the reflection of melancholy, her tales of the everyday strangeness of American life are reminiscent of a short story by Carson McCullers or Flannery O'Connor." Four Star Review **** 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."

Four Star Review **** 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 reincarnated...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