If there is one artist that we think everyone should take a moment to listen to in depth, then it’s Angel White. White is an artist who, with his western soul sound, creates raw and authentic music that speaks to the soul.

Angel White released his debut album Ghost of the West in March this year. An album that needs to be heard in its entirety as it is a cinematic masterpiece.

The album, which features the singles Red Blanket, Outlaw, Villain, Someday and more, is produced by Dwight A. Baker of The Wind and The Wave and Far From respectively. The other half of The Wind and The Wave – Patty Lynn, also features on the record by providing her backing vocals for the song If You’re Gonna Leave Me Now.

After making his UK debut at C2C Festival in 2024, and creating a huge fanbase, White returned to our shores for BST Hyde Park supporting Zach Bryan. We caught up with Angel White just moments before his set on the Birdcage Stage. Angel is always a delight to speak with. He is down to earth, cool and incredibly kind. He has this natural ability to make you feel very comfortable in his presence and we could have hung out with him all day.

Hi Angel – How are you? Welcome to BST Hyde Park – It is very hot but you’re from North Dallas, so is this hot?

Angel: No, I mean, relatively speaking, it’s warm, but it’s not hot, like Texas hot.

So what have you been up to whilst you have been here? Have you done much?

I haven’t done too much, just hanging around Camden.

Nice, I haven’t been there for years. Is the market’s still going strong?

Market, yeah. That whole strip is just funny. It’s like Disney World.

Well this is a really nice surprise having you here because you’re a very last minute addition to this line up.

Yeah, I didn’t know if I was gonna be able to make it.

Well I for one, am so glad you did. So since I last saw you, you’ve released a whole album.

Yes!

So tell us a little bit about that as we are fans!

Ghost of The West…..I feel like it was a huge labor of love. You know, recording what I felt was like 12 years of life in 12 days. And, you know, doing it with Dwight (A. Baker) out in Austin was really special. And it seems like it’s been received well and that’s all I can ask for.

It has been yes. I know some of the songs were already released prior, so when we last spoke, was the album already done?

Yeah, it was done and then I added like, four more because I felt like the songs had been out too long. I was like, I need more songs. So we went back in in like, October 24th and recorded four more songs.

So you say you added four more, could it have been even more? Were there any that didn’t quite make the cut, that you had to sadly say goodbye to maybe for another time, or they didn’t fit?

None that didn’t make it, but I ended up going with the demo version of ‘Someday’. The first demo version. I went into the studio and recorded it, and I kept listening back, and I was like, I just really don’t like it that much, so we used the demo on the album. I think I just really enjoyed the rawness of that and it was a new texture within the album. I wanted to keep it because I felt like it was a moment, so I just went with that.

So apart from that song, were there any other songs that did sound completely different, from the writers room to full production that you were like, wow, I didn’t know it could sound like that?

Let’s see maybe ‘House of Cards’. ‘House of Cards’ was one of those, but everything else was kind of straight through.

How about deciding on the bookends of an album, how do you decide the open and close – is that important to you?

Absolutely! With ‘Outlaw’ kind of starting the record, it just in my head, It just set the tone. You know, like, this is the world we’re living in. This is where we are. And then Wild Painted Horses, I feel like it’s just the perfect movie outro – because I want to make a Pixar film at some point. That’s what that felt like to me. It was like a Pixar ending.

That is how I describe your music – cinematic.

That’s the only way I can see it really!

How do you pick a producer to work with?

It was actually kind of presented to me just through a mutual (friend) and then we sat and had drinks and dinner, and he was kind of on the same page with everything so it just felt good. You know, you can think a little too much on things and go for this name or that, but he was just really about what I was trying to do. He was able to also pull a lot of stuff out of me, which is, I think what a great producer should do.

What’s your favourite guitar that you own?

My favourite guitar that I own is probably my J-45 acoustic, but I also just got a new Jaguar. I just got a new Jaguar, her name is honey butter chicken biscuit and it’s kind of a dream guitar that I’ve wanted for the last like, five years. Finally got it!

What are you working on? Anything new at the moment?

Yes, I am very excited for the new record. I’ll be going in the studio probably in August.

Can we know anything?

I will say it’s very blues, very rock & roll, good level. That very, very high, full throttle. That’s, that’s what I would describe.

I can’t wait, and I’m very excited to catch your set later.