Ryley Walker live in concert.
ON TOUR

Ryley Walker

32
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

74
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Critic Consensus

Based on 32 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ryley Walker is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. Ryley Walker concert reviews describe live shows and performances as spellbinding, avant-garde, intense, and hypnotic.

ON TOUR

Chiesa di San Pietro in Castello, Ascoli Piceno, Italy (October 11)

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Latest Release

So Certain - EP (11 January 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Rockford, United States (7/21/1989)
Bio
Ryley Walker (born July 21, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Chicago. Having kicked around Chicago's experimental free/noise music scene for several years, Walker turned to a folk-rock sound inspired by some of his heroes, among them Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, and Bert Jansch.
Has Performed With
Health and Beauty

Critic Concert Reviews

Buzz Magazine (UK)

September 7, 2022
80
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Enigmatic RYLEY WALKER brings sensitivity & exceptional talent to Cardiff set

Glide Magazine (USA)

March 21, 2022
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This past Thursday night in New York City on March 17th, Walker, self-professed “minor league indie rock star”, rolled through the city's famed Bowery Ballroom for a hometown show full of great songs, an unexpected amount of laughs, and some seriously impressive musicianship.

Twin Cities Media (USA)

October 5, 2018
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Ryley Walker Brings Beauty To A Cold And Rainy Thursday Night

Glide Magazine (USA)

May 7, 2018
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Walker delivered a hypnotic set to warm things up for the seven-piece band, bringing his heady guitar shredding to the crowd before they started the grooving and shaking that was to come.

The Guardian (UK)

August 14, 2016
80
%
Not that many singer-songwriters are quite as contradictory however as 27-year-old Ryley Walker who is just about to release his accomplished third solo album Golden Sings That Have Been Sung.

Manchester Evening News (UK)

March 2, 2016
80
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He's been touring for the past couple of weeks with British folk legend and veteran bassist Danny Thompson.

The Music (Australia)

January 22, 2016
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That didn’t deter the committed and curious fans of Chicago’s Ryley Walker from scurrying beneath umbrellas to the steps of The Famous Spiegeltent for what would be a spellbinding set of acoustic folk music.

Past critic reviews published in

Chunky Glasses (USA), Gaffa (Sweden), Aftonbladet (Sweden), Grimy Goods (USA), Kulturbloggen (Sweden) and more

Image Credit

Urko Dorronsoro [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons