JOSHUA RAY WALKER - 'Voices' (Live in Los Angeles, CA 2022) #GreenRoomSessions

A working musician since the age of 13, walker first began honing his lyrical talents after the death of his beloved grandfather. “my granddad’s the one who got me into music, and I wrote a song called ‘fondly’ in the parking lot of the hospital he was in,” recalls walker, who was 19 at the time. “back then I was mostly playing rock and punk and blues and metal, but I quickly realized that the songs I was writing were country songs.” raised on bluegrass, he lists Texas legends like guy clark and billy joe shaver among his essential inspirations, but also notes the undeniable influence of country superstars like alan jackson and george strait (“all those ’90s country songs were so hook-driven, they really bored into my brain,” he says). With the arrival of wish you were here (an album that spent 12 consecutive weeks on the americana radio albums chart), walker won lavish praise from outlets like npr music and began opening for such artists as colter wall and charley crockett, in addition to headlining tours in the A.S. and Europe.

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*** Credits ***
Artist: Joshua Ray Walker
Mixing Engineer: Sean P Jones
Recording Engineer: Jack Higgins
Post Production: Ariel Berman
Director of Photography: Wolf Ramirez
Director: Jack Higgins
Camera: Rassuda Card
Created & Produced by Jam in the Van, LLC
Music by: Joshua Ray Wlaker

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[s.craigzahler]

jrw's voice is gorgeous and his control and nuanced inflections are unbelievable and moving.
i saw him live last night in brooklyn and was astonished. a legend in the making!

[twist]

This version of "Voices" just guts me. Such a beautiful track.

[JetpackDream]

He doesn’t even need those guitars… so amazing

[buzzwilson]

If Merle Haggard, Jeff Buckley and Leonard Cohen had a baby…..