The Best Of Rock
Purists regard him as Britain's foremost exponent of New Age rock. Certainly, this self-taught musician's albums are the ones most often heard hovering in the background in hip painting studios, dental surgeries, health food stored, massage parlours, meditation and improvised dance classes, and in what used to be known as "head shops". Adjectives like "restful", "caressing" and "atmospheric" crop up in critiques of White's unhurried keyboard-dominated instrumentals which, not designed to "go anywhere", were inspired by a combination of his captivation with the Seventies works of Vangelis and Mike Oldfield, and attendance at a Mind, Body and Spirit festival.With pianist Jon Land, he opened an eight-track studio where Ascension - the first of an album trilogy - was recorded in 1984. Through outlets that were not charge-return shops, it sold in vast quantities throughout Europe and North America, principally by word of mouth. Though functioning in a sphere supposed to preclude stardom, Top 20 entries of mystical bent by the Clannad-Enya family and, later, Enigma caused White to mull over contracts offered by major record companies, and venture closer to mainstream pop via 1992's The Lifespring.
From The Best Of Rock by Alan Clayson. © 1993 Collins Publishers.
Album Reviews for The Healing Touch
Review of The Healing Touch - August 6th, 2010
By RJ Lannan, Zone Music Reporter.
Review of The Healing Touch - June 7th, 2010
By Dave Shoesmith, CD Services.
Review of The Healing Touch - March 23rd, 2010
By Michael Foster, Ambient Visions.
Review of The Healing Touch - March 20th, 2010
By BT Fasmer, New Age Music.nu.
Review of The Healing Touch - March 20th, 2010
By John Olsen, New Age Music World.
Review of The Healing Touch - March 13th, 2010
By Richard Simms, New Age Music News.
Album Reviews for The Gods Of Olympus
Review of The Gods Of Olympus - June 16th, 2010
By Dave Shoesmith, CD Services.
Review of The Gods Of Olympus - March 29th, 2009
By Bill Binkelman, Zone Music Reporter.
Review of The Gods Of Olympus - May 31st, 2009
By BT Fasmer, NewAgeMusic.nu.
Review of The Gods Of Olympus - September 6th, 2009
By Richard Simms, Amazon.co.uk.
Review of The Gods Of Olympus - November 30th, 2009
By RJ Lannan, Zone Music Reporter.
Interviews
Interview in Sound On Sound
June 1994
By Paul White.
Interview in Keyboard Review
February 1995
By Sally Frances.
Interview in NewAgeMusic.nu
May 2010
By BT Fasmer and John Olsen.