Jordan White

Singer/songwriter Jordan White has been playing lyrically-oriented acoustic & electric rock songs throughout the United States for the past six years, as a solo act and with full bands, both acoustic and electric. Originally from Cranford, NJ and then Nazareth, PA, he has received warm responses from audiences and played shows on 90.3 WXLV FM including the "Phil Stahl Radio Show" - he has performed as far west as Chicago and as far south as Florida, and has been featured in various media outlets such as TV and magazine (go to www.press.jordanwhitemusic.com to view some of them) - he was also part of a group of musicians scattered across the country who came together to play benefit shows to aid those in need, such as the victims of the December 2004 Tsunami in south east Asia and those suffering from Leukemia and other illnesses. White's song "Baby's Breath" landed on the 2006 Bamboo Bird records release entitled "Care Package" with sales benefiting the the victims and their families.

A few of White's musical influences include songwriters such as Jackson Browne, Van Morrison, Adam Duritz, Billy Corgan, Jackson Browne, Stephan Jenkins & Ritchie Valens.

In 2005 White was in the second round of American Idol and in November 2005 he was amongst 4 finalists in the Lehigh Valley Acoustic Competition, (see www.lvmusicscene.org )

In 2006 White was performing at the annual River Fusion festival in Bethlehem, PA when he caught the ear of Media Five Entertainment president, agent, and promoter David Sestak. Sestak, who gets the nod for discovering multi-platinum selling artists from Pennsylvania such as Live, Fuel, and Breaking Benjamin, offered White an exclusive contract.

In 2007-2008 he performed and toured with popular east-coast cover bands such as Impostar and The Fuzzy Bunny Slippers and performed original material with the Lehigh Valley band, KineticBlu.

In December 2008, he and the band KineticBlu were nominated in four categories in the 2008 Lehigh Valley Music Awards. White picked up two nominations alone for his song "Walking Clean" including "best original rock song" and "best lyrics" while KineticBlu was nominated for "best entertaining band" and "best original band". White also performed at the annual "First Night In Bethlehem" festival on New Year's Eve, 2008 in Bethlehem, PA to an enthusiastic reception.

Opening for national acts such as Katherine McPhee, Third Eye Blind, Vertical Horizon, Sharon Little, Ryan Starr, Breaking Benjamin & Bowling For Soup, on January 14th, 2010 White's original song "September" was released on an all-digital compilation available at every major online MP3 retailer such as Amazon, iTunes and Napster via a subsidiary of Sony Music/Red Distribution. In April 2010, White performed the original song "Crazy Girl" live on a popular morning TV news program out of eastern Pennsylvania. You can watch both the interview and performance by clicking HERE.

In September 2010, White was once again nominated for three 2010 Lehigh Valley Music Awards including "Best Songwriter" and "Best Lyricist" and performed a new song called "Quarter-Life Crisis" at the awards ceremony on December 5th, 2010 in Allentown, PA. White's band was also named the "Next Big Thing" by website Alternative Addiction for the month of October 2010 and also performed at the 15th annual Millennium Music Conference (MMC) in Harrisburg, PA in February 2011, and in August 2011 is performing at Musikfest, an annual festival that draws nearly 1 million people held in Bethlehem, PA

In September 2011, White was nominated for two Montgomery/Bucks County Music awards and two Lehigh Valley Music Awards, both in the categories "Best songwriter" and "Best male vocalist." The awards will be held in November and December, respectively.