By the time of his 26th birthday last summer though, it became increasingly clear to Ryley that his recorded work was becoming less and less representative of the directions he and his close-knit group of musicians were taking in the live shows. Indeed, anyone who caught his performances throughout the course of 2015, will attest to Ryley’s apparently effortless facility to conjure a breath-taking spectacle from a standing start.
After a year spent on the road, all that Ryley could associate with Chicago was the emotional debris he had left behind. For all of that, a holiday was the last thing on Ryley’s mind – and certainly not a holiday in his adopted hometown. Robert Plant declared himself a fan – as did double-bass legend Danny Thompson, with whom Ryley would later embark on a British tour. In March, his second album Primrose Green, emerged to critical hosannas from the likes of Uncut, Q, Mojo and The Guardian – in the process, earning admiration of musicians who had chalked up no shortage of turntable miles in Walker’s life.
The preceding months had been extraordinary. However you wished to measure it, he was surely due some sort of holiday. In November 2015, at the end of a ten month period which saw him play over 200 shows, Ryley Walker decided that he should probably head home. With support from Toby Hay and Little Folk!
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