Joshua Payne
With a booming baritone voice and an opera background, singer and songwriter Joshua Payne brings a unique set of skills to the pop table. Payne was born almost completely deaf, although an operation while he was still a toddler managed to restore most of his hearing, and music became a big factor in his rehabilitation to a world full of sounds. Payne's early childhood was spent in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, but when he was eight, he moved with his family to rural Arkansas. Both his parents had strong musical backgrounds -- his mother as a classical singer, his father as a preacher and choir director -- and the home was full of music, from James Taylor to Prokofiev, but Payne preferred sports, although his strong singing voice was already apparent. He graduated high school in 1991, attending Ouchita College on a football scholarship, but a serious knee injury turned his attention back to music; he began studying voice and was soon winning opera competitions. Payne enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program in vocal music at the University of Memphis, and began touring with Opera Memphis, where his strong baritone won him several title roles.
Following graduation, he relocated to Nashville, which was where pianist Jim Brickman heard Payne sing in 2002, quickly offering him a spot on his package tour. At tour's end, Payne was introduced to noted producer Michael Omartian, who was impressed by this kid from Arkansas with the big booming baritone and a trunk full of songs. The two put together a demo and were shopping it to labels when Ron Goldstein at Verve Music Group heard it and signed Payne to a deal. Payne's debut album on Verve, Your Love, My Home was produced by Omartian and released in 2004. The independently released Same Shoes Second Verse followed in 2007.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Your Love, My Home
Pop - Released by Verve Reissues on 13 Jul 2004
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While He Was a Boy
Folk - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2014 on 25 Jun 2014
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Vincent's Ashtray (The Work Tapes), Vol. 6
Folk - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 2 May 2019
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Same Shoes Second Verse
Joshua Payne, The Everett Buchanon's
Classical - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2007 on 1 Jan 2007
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One Pass (The Work Tapes) Vol. 1
Folk - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2008 on 23 Mar 2008
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Medal of War (The A Sides)
Rock - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 26 Feb 2019
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God so Loved
Classical - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group © 2012 on 9 Oct 2012
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L.A. Alone
Rock - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 21 Feb 2019
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Baby I Died Strong
Folk - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 10 Nov 2010
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Nothing Less Than ..
Pop - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 9 Mar 2024
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Woman Got Secrets
Rock - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 14 Feb 2019
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Be Still and Know
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 3 Jan 2020
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Missing You
Country - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 30 Mar 2017
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Lonely Room
Rock - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 28 Feb 2019
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Medal of War (The B-Sides)
Rock - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 14 Feb 2019
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40 Winters
Folk - Released by Kitty Hawk Music Group on 11 Jan 2020
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