"Working from the same spirit that enters the work of Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash, Ward moves ahead of Joss as the best unsigned artist I've heard all year. ...his depictions of alcoholism or simple heavy drinking, (are) both realistic and sympathetic to the characters in his songs, and are short musical equivalents of films like Bar Fly or Trees Lounge. ...the songs of Ward White are literary. You get scenes, precious dirty moments that might have been snatched off the pages of Raymond Carver..."