Ryley Walker is the reincarnation of the true American guitar player. That’s as much a testament to his roving, rambling ways, or the fact that his Guild D-35 guitar has endured a few stints in the pawnshop. Swap out rural juke joints for rotted DIY spaces and the archetype is solidly intact. His personal life might be tumultuous and his residential status in question, but his bedrock is disciplined daily rehearsal and an inexhaustible wellspring of songcraft. The board was barely reset from the ‘All Kinds of You’ sessions before Ryley was corralling his by-then-rejiggered band back into Minbal studios in Chicago to solidify a totally new direction in his creative vision. ‘Primrose Green’ couldn’t be restrained. It begins near where ‘All Kinds of You’ leaves off but quickly pushes far afield. The title sounds pastoral and quaint, but the titular green has dark hallucinogenic qualities, as does much of the LP.
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RYLEY WALKER – ” Everybody Is Crazy ” Amen Dunes Cover
Posted: March 6, 2015 in MUSICTags: All Kinds of You, Primrose Green, Ryley Walker, singer songwriter
RYLEY WALKER – ” Sweet Satisfaction ” and ” Primrose Green “
Posted: March 5, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: All Kinds of You, Dead Oceans Records, Primrose Green, Ryley Walker, singer songwriter
His full-length debut, ” All Kinds Of You”, came out less than a year ago, 25-year-old Ryley Walker is already returning with a follow up release titled “Primrose Green” in April . Ryley Walker has been getting his fair share of positive attention, often focusing on his guitar playing and the unique and unpredictable forms his vocal melodies and song structures take. Despite being raised in the industrial Northern Illinois town of Rockford and cutting his teeth in Chicago’s noise-rock scene, the other constant with Walker is that people always want to compare him to ’60s and ’70s folk musicians like Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, John Martyn, and Tim Buckley. (more…)
RYLEY WALKER – ” Live On KEXP “
Posted: December 15, 2014 in MUSICTags: All Kinds of You, Live on KEXP, Ryley Walker, singer songwriter
The album “All Kinds of You” could probably convince someone that Ryley Walker’s debut long player is the work of some long-lost UK singer-songwriter from the 1970s — think John Martyn or Bert Jansch. But Walker is actually a 20-something fella from Chicago. Lucky us. The album is a beauty. Far from being a mere pastiche artist, Walker really inhabits these songs and the sound that accompanies them. Here Ryley Walker is performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded July 22, 2014.
Songs:
The West Wind,
Summer Dress,
Clear The Sky,
Go Your Way My Love,
The Fat Angel Sings 