Joseph Allen White releases album

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Truly great music is much more than just a catchy tune. Joseph Allen White’s debut album ‘Things Change’ is an example of how the best records sometimes come from the bitterest of personal circumstances.

White, a singer-songwriter who, remarkably, only started playing the guitar less than two years ago, forged this painfully beautiful album out of the moment when his life changed forever.

In 2009, after 8 years of marriage, White found out that his wife had been having an affair. He immediately turned his attention to his guitar and a few short months later he had penned the first song for the album, ‘Again’.

As he took to the studio to help him get his life together, the creativity just kept coming. As the man himself says about putting down 13 songs for the record in a short space of time – “they just kept pouring out of me”.

Although this is a record about redemption, about life lessons and about heartbreak; it is also about hope, love and second chances. There are inspirational songs of love such as ‘Complete Me’ and ‘First Night’ mixed in with the poignancy of the painfully personal and cathartic tracks like ‘Things Change’ or ‘The End of Us’.

Musically, White is difficult to pigeon-hole. There is something country in the storytelling element of the songs, but his music has its roots more in the indie and folk scene. He has been compared to artists such as Edwin McCain, Howie Day, even John Mayer – all artists that White has profound respect for.

Away from the personal tragedy, the story of this album is one of triumph. Few such accomplished records have been made by someone whose first lesson on the guitar took place only two years ago. The fact that the sound is so fresh and original is a testament to the innate talent of the artist.

Aided by the expert production skills of Andy Anderson, who brings the emotion out of the raw material supplied by White, this is as fine a debut effort as you are likely to hear.

Anyone who likes great songwriting and music that means something will love ‘Things Change’.

As White says, the only problem is that he couldn’t include the songs he’s written in recent weeks. “I guess those are for album 2” he says. Something else to look forward to next year…