These days, the term “young folk artist” typically implies mountain-man affectations and cute ukuleles. Fortunately, that’s not the case with Ryley Walker. Rather than specializing in earnest, ...

If you're looking for something a little mellow to listen to on a dreary winter day, then Ryley Walker might be your guy. His new single, 'Primrose Green,' will no doubt help you float into the ...

Ryley Walker says his new record, Primrose Green, is a "four-drinks deep record," which sounds about right. It's folk music, and folk music of a pretty classic vintage, too -- inspired largely by the ...

The fine yet still really quite obvious line between drawing inspiration from and just plain ripping off past masters is headline material again following the damages those responsible for Neanderthal ...

Over the past few years we’ve watched Ryley Walker blossom from a little kid shredding bizzaro free jazz noise-rock in warehouses into a skilled and sensitive fingerstyle-folk prodigy, and this week ...

Even though his full-length debut, All Kinds Of You, came out less than a year ago, 25-year-old Ryley Walker is already returning with sophomore release Primrose Green next month. Walker’s been ...

Ryley Walker had his guitar in his hands while we spoke on the phone. I know this because I could hear him playing it. Quick, fingerpicked shimmers between responses. He was at his home, in Chicago, ...

ROCKFORD — Guitarist Ryley Walker, a kid of local skate parks and punk bands, once set a high school goal of playing guitar before 50,000 people. If it doesn't happen it won't disappoint Walker, 26.

"This record was made here in Chicago at Minbal Studio and my friend Cooper Crain [of the band Cave] produced it. He had a big hand in recording and a big influence on it, and definitely with the ...

Ryley Walker is the newest artist to join the Dead Oceans roster after gaining some recognition for his well-received debut album All Kinds Of You last year. “Primrose Green” — the lead single and ...

If you thought that the last word in folky period detail was offered by the Coen brothers in their movie Inside Llewyn Davis, then you’ll be fascinated by Chicago’s Ryley Walker. On the cover of his ...