![]() ![]() “I’m a pretty self-aware and poor salesman, so I immediately shit on it. “That unfiltered hate I had towards it was maybe a bit childish,” he says. Walker quickly soured on its success – the Chicago city kid miscast as a Nick Drake-style rustic troubadour – and in interviews called it “a terrible record”. In 2015, Walker’s second album, Primrose Green, became an unexpected critical hit for its faithful, if overly nostalgic, rendering of that era. Tickets are also available from Dice.fm, .uk, and on 08.That was until Walker’s interest in fingerpicking led him to the UK folk rock canon of the 70s – the era when artists such as Bert Jansch and Fairport Convention made visionary, stirring records from the raw material of traditional English song – and he began writing and recording in that style. Joyner’s new album, Songs from A Stolen Guitar, will be released on 13 May by BB*ISLAND.īook tickets now. He is also the co-founder of Grapefruit Records and an occasional producer of other people’s albums. He’s been flying under the radar since 1991, releasing music on various independent labels including: Team Love, Jagjaguwar, Sing Eunuchs!, Catsup Plate, One-Hour, Shrimper, Brinkman, Secretly Canadian and Unread. Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. Though his music has always honoured, reckoned with – wrestled with – the tradition set forth by his songwriting forebears ( Cohen, Van Zandt, Ochs, Dylan, Reed to name a few), Joyner can always be counted on to defy expectations as a lyricist, melodicist, and arranger, Joyner likes to keep us on our toes. ‘Singer-songwriter’ is a frustratingly confining term to truly understand exactly just how confining, look no further than the recorded works of Simon Joyner, an artist whose work consistently transcends the narrow parameters of genre classifications and record shop bin cards. Simon Joyner is among America’s best singer-songwriters, so says Gillian Welch, Conor Oberst, Kevin Morby and others. I take every opportunity I’m given very seriously I’ve gotta pay tribute to that by staying alive and being as good to the people who love me as I can,’ he said. ‘Music is an exciting thing I get to do because I’m alive and well. A mix of Twitter and sobriety may be partially responsible. While, in the past, his desire to be as great as his influences may have dogged and hindered him from bringing his own personality to his music, now, Walker’s music is undeniably his. forthcoming – as well as a tremendous Burt Jansch tribute show behind him, wherein his hero Anne Briggs called him the ‘c word’ – Walker has rubbed shoulders with the very best. Having toured with the likes of Richard Thompson, and with a supporting slot for Dinosaur Jr. His most recent album, Course in Fable, was released on his own Husky Pants Recordings label in 2021. Ryley Walker began his career in the early 2010s, after moving from Illinois’ provincial town of Rockford, and settling into Chicago’s independent scene.Īfter a slew of cassette and vinyl releases, Tompkins Square put out his debut album in 2014, which was then followed up by the Dead Oceans released Primrose Green a year later. We’re delighted to be welcoming Ryley Walker back to Manchester – with guest Simon Joyner! Where: YES (Pink Room), 38 Charles Street, Manchester M1 7DB Mock Tudors + Jim E Brown + Sydney Herds. Read more here, see below for our latest shows, check out our previous shows, contact us, or join our mailing list, above. Hey! Manchester promotes gigs by folk, Americana and experimental bands from around the world in Manchester, England. About - Tickets - Contact - Previous shows
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