Review

All Music Review of "Lead Me Not"

Album: 
Lead Me Not
Post Date: 
April 1, 1995 (All day)

4/5 STARS
White's ambitious debut covered a lot of musical territory, from straight country ("Where the Lights Are Low") to torch ballad ("Just Thinking"), from Latin-flavored pop ("Made to Be Broken") to fervid gospel ("Good Good Love"). The breadth of her talent turned out to be something of a problem. Since nobody could get a handle on her, none of the album's three singles ("What a Woman Wants," "Lead Me Not," and "Lay Around and Love on You") broke the Top 40.

All Music Review of "Wishes"

Album: 
Wishes
Post Date: 
June 6, 1994 (All day)

Wishes is a solid home run of an album with much more to offer than simply its singles. Wishes was Lari White's breakthrough release, and it's easy to hear why. Besides the infectious, small-town summer crush feel of lead single "That's My Baby," there's the spectacular chorus harmonies of "That's How You Know (When You're in Love)" (featuring Hal Ketchum), the gospel-tinged "When It Rains," and the brassy "Go On," which could almost be the fiery heart of a feisty insurgent country artist's next project for Bloodshot. Tracks like this showcase White's torchy vocal, which is a combination of Trisha Yearwood's brassiness with a bit of Patsy Cline.

"Don't Fence Me In" Entertainment Weekly review

Album: 
Don't Fence Me In
Post Date: 
February 16, 1996 (All day)

If Lari White's 1993 debut album, Lead Me Not, displayed her wide-ranging country-pop talent, and her second, Wishes, took the commercial route, her third, Don't Fence Me In, now attempts to marry artistic vision and mainstream success with a collection of spunky songs that send a message: Go for broke, especially in love. Stylistically she's all over the place, but convincingly, borrowing equally from Tammy Wynette, Pam Tillis, and even a bit from Michelle Shocked. B+

UK Review - ''One That Got Away'' 2004

Album: 
Green Eyed Soul
Post Date: 
December 9, 2004 (All day)

When Green Eyed Soul was released in Britain last May, it represented a feat of willpower for Lari White. She'd already released some country albums in Nashville, but feeling increasingly uncomfortable with Music City's crossover-bimbo stereotype, White retreated to record the music she felt comfortable making, initially releasing the album on her own Skinny WhiteGirl label.

Pop's Great White Hope

Album: 
Green Eyed Soul
Post Date: 
May 8, 2004 (All day)

Pop: Great White hope

Take one fed-up country singer and a tub of hair dye, mix them together and what do you get? A soul-singing sensation, says Robin Eggar

To make a great soul album requires more than just a voice. It demands emotions actually lived: to have experienced pain and longing, love and lust, triumph and despair. Which is why the finest soul album this year comes not from Devon’s teen prodigy Joss Stone, but from Lari White

A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Broadway

Album: 
My First Affair
Post Date: 
February 28, 2007 (All day)

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Nightlife Awards Reviews and Lari White

Album: 
My First Affair
Post Date: 
February 1, 2008 (All day)
"Lari White took the torch song to its raunchy depths with a naughty questionnaire, "Why Do Lovers Leave?" White returns to the Oak Room for a three-week stand beginning Feb.12. "
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