Matt Walker
Born1973
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresBlues

Matt Walker is an ARIA Award-winning Australian blues musician.[1][2]

Career

Walker began playing music in public at the age of 14 at the Selby Folk Club. He played at Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk Festival, Bridgetown Blues Festival, East Coast Blues and Roots Festival until the age of 18.Walker joined The Broderick Smith Band playing dobro, guitar and lap steel and toured extensively around Australia. Walker played on and wrote music for Broderick Smith albums My Shiralee, Songster and Crayon Angels from 1994 to 1996.[3]

In 1995, Walker recorded Live at the Rainbow with Ashley Davies on drums, Andrew Entsch on double bass and Jerry Hale on fiddle and guitar before recording There's Life in 1996.[3]

In 1997, Walker released I Listen to the Night with Ashley Davies. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, I Listen to the Night was nominated for two ARIA Awards.[4] In 1998 and 1999, Walker toured across Europe and North America.[3]

In 2000, Walker recorded Soul Witness with Ashley Davies on drums, Chris Abrahams on piano and Ken Gormley on bass and toured with this line up.[3] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, Soul Witness won the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album.[5]

In 2003, Walker formed the electric trio The Necessary Few with Grant Cummerford on bass and Roger Bergodaz on drums and recorded the album Navigational Skills.[3]

Walker contributed songs for the soundtrack Australian Rules, which won the ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album at the 2003 awards. Walker contributed two original songs for the Australian film Somersault in 2004.

On 5 September 2005, Walker and Davis released the self-titled album on Walker's label Stovepipe Records.[3]

Since 2013, Walker has been part of and releasing music under Lost Ragas. The Lost Ragas are Matt Walker, Shane Reilly, Simon Burke and Roger Bergodaz.

While predominantly known as a musician and singer-songwriter, Matt Walker is also an accomplished and in-demand music producer whose credits include Broderick Smith,[6] Mick Daley,[7] Liz Stringer's Pendulum[8] and the Ben Mitchell AKA Benjamin Grant Mitchell 2019 release, Slow Is The New Fast.[9]

Discography

List of albums with selected details
Title album details
Welcome Me Home
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Dex
  • Formats: CD
Live At The Rainbow
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Rainbow Hotel Records
  • Formats: CD
I Listen to the Night (with Ashley Davies)
Soul Witness (with Ashley Davies)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: WMinc[13]
  • Formats: CD
Live At The Continental
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: WMinc
  • Formats: CD
Navigational Skills (with The Necessary Few)
  • Released: 2003[14][15]
  • Label: Spaghetti Records
  • Formats: CD
Matt Walker & Ashley Davies (with Ashley Davies)
  • Released: 5 September 2005
  • Label: Stovepipe Records
  • Formats: CD
In Echoes of Dawn
  • Released: 7 September 2012
  • Label: Stovepipe Records
  • Formats: CD
Phantom Ride
  • Released: 7 November 2013[16]
  • Label: Stovepipe Records
  • Formats: CD

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Walker has won 1 awards from 3 nominations.[17]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1998 I Listen to the Night Best Blues and Roots Album Nominated
Best World Music Album Nominated
2000 Soul Witness Best Blues and Roots Album Won

References

  1. ↑ Guilliatt, Richard (November 2012), "Down from the Hills", The Monthly
  2. ↑ Purcell, Charles (23 March 2001), "Hart's On Fire", Sydney Morning Herald
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bio". Matt Walker. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "ARIA Awards. Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  5. ↑ Eliezer, Christie (11 November 2000), "Debut Acts Dominate ARIA Awards", Billboard
  6. ↑ Nu Country, September 2009 Retrieved 21 October 2019
  7. ↑ Northern Daily Leader, 16 December 2015 Retrieved 21 October 2019
  8. ↑ Michael Dwyer, The Age (31 July 2009) Retrieved 21 October 2019
  9. ↑ AIRIT Retrieved 21 October 2019
  10. ↑ Shedden, Iain (26 November 1997), "NEW MUSIC.", The Australian
  11. ↑ Carney, Shaun (18 December 1997), "I Listen to the Night", The Age
  12. ↑ Baker, Glenn A. (24 February 2001), "Sounds", The Australian Financial Review
  13. ↑ Donovan, Patrick (7 July 2000), "Soul Witness", The Age
  14. ↑ Lobley, Katrina (26 June 2003), "Critics' picks.", Sydney Morning Herald
  15. ↑ Mengel, Noel (30 May 2003), "Matt Walker Navigational Skills Spaghetti Records", Courier-Mail
  16. ↑ Moffatt, Steve (17 January 2014), "Album review: Lost Ragas Phantom Ride shows Matt Walker is a force to be reckoned with", Manly Daily
  17. ↑ "ARIA Awards Search Results – Jeff Lang". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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