Driven by skittering piano runs and a warm, understated double-bass line, Walker’s guitar progressions are advanced and thoughtful, but also accessible and timeless-less of the virtuosic variety and more of the American Beauty workingman’s fretwork: Honest and subdued, yet strong simultaneously. Walker’s guitar chops are renowned, yet not front-and-center on a majority of the record, beginning with the title track, which opens the LP. Forgetting the convenient shortcut of crying “rehash” when a new artist contributes to the continuum of a tradition is not only advised, it’s implored with an album as terrifically imaginative as Primrose Green. This is important when listening to Walker’s sophomore album, Primrose Green. The fact that the breadth of his musicianship actually matches the persona-steeped as it is in both the minimalist traditions of Chicagoland experimental jazz and the fingerpicking wizardry of primitive guitar folk heroes like Glenn Jones-paints Walker as a real-deal revivalist of the most unironic order. Below, revisit the soon-to-be Primrose Green track "Summer Dress" from Ryley's last visit to KEXP in 2014.That Ryley Walker appears to embody the determined, shaggy-haired guitar artiste of the austere folk ‘70s is only one of his endearments. If he announces plans to return west of the Ohio river, that news will be on his Facebook and Twitter. Ryler Walker is on tour throughout the Spring in the American South and Midwest. Named for a cocktail that Walker and his friends invented (whiskey and morning glory seeds), "Primrose Green" couldn't be more aptly named: it's vibrant and entrancing in its ability to make its intricate parts look naturally flowing. With backing from a group of Chicago jazz musicians, the song unwinds at a leisurely pace, carried loosely by the musicians' dazzling chemistry. A breezy and crisply-performed tune, "Primrose Green" shows Walker sharpening the talents that he displayed on All Kinds of You.
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His first full length, All Kinds of You, was released in 2014, and its followup arrived less than a year later in the form of Primrose Green. After a pair of cassette releases established Walker's presence, he injured himself in a bike accident, which forced him to focus full time on playing shows and writing songs.
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After membership in a series of groups that played "shitty punk music" (his words), Walker eventually became more interested in acoustic-based songwriting, and began playing small club shows in Chicago rather than in the basements he once occupied.
Born in Rockford, Illinois, Walker became fascinated with the guitar in his adolescence, dabbling in acoustic playing but finding more camaraderie in chunky power chords and distortion when he left home for Chicago. Today’s song, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “Primrose Green” by Ryley Walker from the 2015 album Primrose Green on Dead Oceans.Īfter cutting his teeth in a series of bands in Chicago's long and storied noise rock scene, Ryley Walker traded his drive pedals for a modest acoustic guitar and found himself heading in a new artistic direction. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription.
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