Matthew E. White

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Matthew E. White at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark (2013)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Big Inner
  UK 85 02/02/2013 (1 week)
Fresh Blood
  DE 95 03/20/2015 (1 week)
  UK 41 03/21/2015 (2 weeks)
Gentlewoman Ruby Man (with Flo Morrissey )
  UK 90 01/20/2017 (1 week)

Matthew E. White (born August 14, 1982 in Virginia Beach , Virginia ) is an American singer and record producer .

Life

White was a member of the rock band The Great White Jenkins as guitarist and singer from 2006 , with whom he produced some recordings. From 2008 he was the head of the avant-garde jazz big band Fight the Big Bull , of which two CDs were released.

In 2012, Big Inner White's first solo album came out on his newly formed record company Spacebomb Records , which was a success in both the US and Europe. It was ranked 19th in the industry magazine Billboard , and White was hailed by eMusic as the most successful newcomer of 2012. The record label Domino Records launched Big Inner on the international market in 2013. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Der Spiegel The Guardian and the British magazine Uncut each discussed the album. The album Fresh Blood (Domino 2015) also received very positive reviews in renowned media.

White has worked with many musicians in recent years, including Steven Bernstein , Ken Vandermark and the group The Mountain Goats .

Discography

Albums

  • Big Inner (2013)
  • Fresh Blood (2015)
  • Gentlewoman Ruby Man (with Flo Morrissey , 2017)

swell

  1. Chart sources: UK / DE
  2. An American Nirvana in: FAZ of February 8, 2013, page 37, faz.net (Author: Jonathan Fischer)
  3. Shimmering beautiful in Kulturspiegel April 2013
  4. Matthew E. White Fresh Blood 4.5 Stars , review by Markus Schneider in Rolling Stone on March 6, 2015, accessed March 9, 2015
  5. ^ First Lists: Matthew E. White, 'Fresh Blood' , National Public Radio March 1, 2015, accessed March 9, 2015

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