Matt Walker is an ARIA Award-winning Australian blues musician.

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. 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. In 1997, Walker released ''I Listen to the Night'' with Ashley Davies. At the

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, ''I Listen to the Night'' was nominated for two ARIA Awards. In 1998 and 1999, Walker toured across Europe and North America. In 2000, Walker recorded ''

Soul Witness ''Soul Witness'' is a collaborative studio album, by Australian musicians Matt Walker with Ashley Davies, released in July 2000. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album The ARIA Music Awar ...

'' with Ashley Davies on drums, Chris Abrahams on piano and Ken Gormley on bass and toured with this line up. At the

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, ''Soul Witness'' won the

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. 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''. Walker contributed songs for the soundtrack ''

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at the 2003 awards. Walker contributed two original songs for the Australian film ''

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'' in 2004. On 5 September 2005, Walker and Davis released the self-titled album on Walker's label Stovepipe Records. 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

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2019 release, ''Slow Is The New Fast''.

Discography

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

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References

External links

Matt Walker Official website
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