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Matt Walker
Born1973
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresBlues

Matt Walker is an Australian blues musician.[1][2] His solo album Soul Witness won a 2000 ARIA Award for Best Blues & Roots Album.[3] With I Listen to the Night he was also nominated in 1998 for ARIAs for Best Male Artist[4] and Best World Music Album. He contributed to Mick Harvey's soundtrack for Australian Rules[5] which won the ARIA for Best Original Soundtrack Album

Discography

Matt Walker

  • Welcome Me Home (1992) - Dex
  • I Listen to the Night (1997) - WMinc[6][7]
  • Soul Witness (2000) - WMinc[8][9]
  • "Dirty Fog" (2000) - WMinc
  • Live At The Continental (2001) - WMinc
  • In Echoes of Dawn (2012) - Stovepipe Records

Matt Walker and Friends

  • Live At The Rainbow (1995) - Rainbow Hotel Records

Matt Walker & the Necessary Few

  • Right From Wrong EP (2002) - Spaghetti Records
  • Navigational Skills (2003) - Spaghetti Records[10][11]

Matt Walker with Ashley Davies

  • Soul Witness (1997) - WMinc
  • "You put a Spell on Me" (2000) - WMinc

Matt Walker & Ashley Davies

  • Matt Walker & Ashley Davies (2005) - Stovepipe Records

Lost Ragas

  • Phantom Ride (2013) - Stovepipe Records[12]
  • Trans Atlantic Highway (2015) - Stovepipe Records
  • "Where James Once Played" / "I'll Be Gone" (2016) - Stovepipe Records

Mighty Servant

  • There's Life 1996

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. ^ Eliezer, Christie (11 November 2000), "Debut Acts Dominate ARIA Awards", Billboard
  4. ^ Donovan, Patrick (11 September 1998), "Sticky Carpet", The Age
  5. ^ Jurek, Thom, "Mick Harvey. Australian Rules", AllMusic
  6. ^ Shedden, Iain (26 November 1997), "NEW MUSIC.", The Australian
  7. ^ Carney, Shaun (18 December 1997), "I Listen to the Night", The Age
  8. ^ Donovan, Patrick (7 July 2000), "Soul Witness", The Age
  9. ^ Baker, Glenn A. (24 February 2001), "Sounds", The Australian Financial Review
  10. ^ Lobley, Katrina (26 June 2003), "Critics' picks.", Sydney Morning Herald
  11. ^ Mengel, Noel (30 May 2003), "Matt Walker Navigational Skills Spaghetti Records", Courier-Mail
  12. ^ Moffatt, Steve (17 January 2014), "Album review: Lost Ragas Phantom Ride shows Matt Walker is a force to be reckoned with", Manly Daily