Ryley Walker

Genre-defying American guitarist who tends to lean towards folk music, stretching out his (undeniable) chops into psychedelia and jazzy improvisation. 

It's a groovy and fluorescent leap à la John Martyn's Vietnam-era reinvention from pastoral poet to free-love psychonaut.

"Sonic Youth meets John Denver has always been the goal" says Walker...

His affinity for the Chicago indie scene circa 1995-2003 (Tortoise, The Sea And Cake,...) nudges his songs into the thrilling intersection of deep-fried rock and jazz without a hint of imitative sentimentality.