Wily Bo Walker is a solo artist, songwriter, composer and performer noted for his characterful vocals and swaggering 'live' performances
Renowned as being a diverse and prolific artist and hailing originally from Glasgow, Scotland, London based Wily Bo works across many styles and genres
Wily Bo Walker released a trilogy of albums in 2015, all of which achieved tremendous reviews across the board in the music industry
The first release was a mini-album entitled 'A Long Way from Heaven…' (Wily Bo Walker and Kareña K released on Mescal Canyon Records in Jan 2015)
The second release in the tryptich, ‘Stone Cold Beautiful’ (May 2015), was recorded with long-time music collaborator, E D Brayshaw
The third album, ‘Moon Over Indigo’ (Sept 2015), saw Wily Bo working again with multiple Grammy Award winning musician and arranger, Danny Flam
‘Moon Over Indigo’ was considered for a 2016 Grammy nomination. Likewise, their previous collaboration, ‘Wily Bo Walker & The Danny Flam Big Band‘ (Nov 2013), received worldwide critical acclaim and was considered for a 2015 Grammy nomination
In 2016, as well as the compilation twin album releases ‘The Wily Bo Walker Story Volumes I & II’, Wily Bo Walker will be working on a new trilogy of albums based upon stories, tales and drunken fables taken from his one-man blues, swamp’n’stomp show ‘Welcome to VoodooVille’
Recent Achievements:
Inductee in to the US 'Blues Hall of Fame' as a 'Master Blues Artist' in Dec 2016
Finalist and Runner-up in the 2016 Banks Radio Australia Awards' 'Producer of the Year' category for 'Long Way to Heaven (Chicago Gospel Mix)'
Finalist in the 2016 British Blues Awards ‘Kevin Thorpe Award for Songwriter’ Category
Finalist and Runner-Up in the 2016 British Blues Awards in the ‘Songwriter’ category
No 1 for Christmas 2015 with ‘Who Do You Love (NY Chiller Mix)’ in the Netherlands’ Hit-Tracks Top 100 charts
Finalist and Runner-Up in the 2015 British Blues awards in the ‘Blues Song’ category for ‘Long Way to Heaven’
Runner-Up in the 2015 Blues awards on Severn FM in the ‘Best Studio Album of 2015’ category for ‘A Long Way from Heaven…’
7th most played Blues Artist in 2015 across all of the UK Independent Blues Association Radio shows
‘Moon Over Indigo’ and ‘Stone Cold Beautiful’ both achieved ‘CD of the Week’ status in the prestigious European based Hit-Tracks Top 100
Nominated for Best Male Vocals in the 2014 British Blues Awards
'Chattahoochee Coochee Man’, a Wily Bo Walker & friends track, featured on the Covermount CD: Issue 18 (Dec 2014) of 'The Blues' magazine
'When The Angels Call Your Time', a Wily Bo Walker original, featured on the Covermount CD: Issue 14 (July 2014) of ‘The Blues' magazine
No 1 Blues, Jazz & Classic Rock artist in the US and Worldwide MySpace charts (Jan 2013)