Tickets available to one-of-a-kind John Paul White, Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra concert
Contact: Carl Smith
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Tickets are still available to a one-of-a-kind show this week featuring Grammy winning singer/songwriter John Paul White and the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra.
White, known for his fusion of Southern rock, Americana and country music, and the orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday [Oct. 18] at Humphrey Coliseum. Doors open for the event at 6:30 p.m.
Student tickets are free and can be reserved online or in person in MSU’s Center for Student Activities, Colvard Student Union, third floor. Individual tickets can be purchased online at msstate.universitytickets.com. For more information, contact the Center for Student Activities at 662-325-2930.
Winner of multiple Grammys as a former member of The Civil Wars, White co-wrote the 2009 EP “Poison and Wine,” with the title track exposing the duo to a national audience when featured in the sixth season of the long-running TV show “Grey’s Anatomy.” It also was a track in the 2011 rom-com movie “Something Borrowed” starring Kate Hudson.
A longtime concert opener for Adele, White moved further into the spotlight with the lyrics he co-wrote with Taylor Swift for her song “Safe and Sound” from “The Hunger Games” soundtrack. It was a 2011 Grammy winner for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
His most recent solo music venture is the 2019 release “The Hurting Kind,” a slight departure from his rock and Americana beginnings, which resonates with a 1960s Nashville sound, according to a news release. He teams up with infamous “Whispering” Bill Anderson to co-write the track “I Wish I Could Write You a Song.” Other critically acclaimed White albums include 2016’s “Beulah” and 2008’s “The Long Goodbye.”
The Tennessee native lives in Florence, Alabama, near Muscle Shoals, known as “The Hit Recording Capital of the World” where music greats such as Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Little Richard and others boosted their careers.
The event is sponsored by MSU’s Lyceum Series and Music Maker Productions, and the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra.
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