McGinty & White Sing Selections from the McGinty & White Songbook

(A new album from downtown scenester Joe McGinty and tippling gadabout Ward White)

McGinty & White are Loser's Lounge impresario Joe McGinty, and singer/songwriter Ward White. Their debut collaborative album, McGinty & White Sing Selections From The McGinty & White Songbook, has received widespread critical praise, was recently named one of the five best albums of 2009 by New York Press (JR Taylor), and has been included on 2009 'Best Of' lists by Limewire and Lucid Culture. M&W have been featured on WFMU and East Village Radio, and appear regularly as musical guests for Upright Citizens Brigade. McGinty & White will accompany Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby on a string of Northeast tour dates in June of 2010.

"(A) terrific duo of local craftsmen, Joe McGinty and Ward White."
—The New Yorker, June 2010

"If artful eccentrics Scott Walker and Van Dyke Parks teamed up to pursue a bittersweet orchestral—pop path instead of heading for more idiosyncratic realms, they might have sounded like NYC's Ward White and Joe McGinty, teaming up for the first time here."
—Limewire, December 2009: The 10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear This Year

                    

McGinty & White are:

Joe McGinty is a composer, keyboardist and arranger who has worked with with the Psychedelic Furs, The Ramones, Deborah Harry, Ronnie Spector, Ryan Adams, Nada Surf, Jesse Malin, and many others. In the 90's he led the orchestral pop ensemble Baby Steps, and currently fronts the electronic/woodwind/cello project, Circuit Parade. McGinty is the founder and music director of NYC's Loser's Lounge tribute series, which has consistently played to sold out rooms since its debut in 1993.

Ward White is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who has written and produced five original albums, Artificial Light, Medicine, Lovely Invalids, Maybe But probably Not, and Pulling Out. Please buy them. His music has been featured on NPR, received notable mentions in New York Press, and he usually has pretty good hair. He is a regular performer with the Loser's Lounge series.

Credits:

Produced by McGinty & White
Recorded by Joe McGinty at Carousel Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Mixed & Mastered by Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Joe McGinty Keyboards, Lead Vocals on Tracks 2, 6 and 8
Ward White Vocals, Guitars, Bass on Track 2
Eddie Zweiback Percussion
Jeremy Chatzky Electric, Six-String & Upright Bass
Jeff Hermanson Trumpet
Amy Miles Backing Vocals on Track 7
Claudia Chopek Violin
Eleanor Norton Cello
Earl Maneein Violin
Lara Hicks Viola
String Quartet on Track 9 Composed & Arranged by Claudia Chopek
Photography and design by Jim Brown/officebrown.com