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Solo Artist, Songwriter, Storyteller
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Scottish solo artist, songwriter, composer and performer Wily Bo Walker is noted for the cinematic storytelling in his work, his characterful vocals and swaggering 'live' performances
With a career spanning more than 40 years, not only has Wily Bo been inducted in the U.S. Blues Hall of Fame as a 'Master Blues Artist', but he also works in, and is recognised across, many other genres; Rock, AAA, Americana, Blues, Gospel, Soul, Classic R&B, Soundtrack and Jazz
The 2018 album collection 'Almost Transparent Blues' released on CD, download and streaming sites reached the Top 30 in the Roots Music Report U.S. Blues album charts and was No 1 in the UK Album charts for 5 weeks
A double album, 'The Roads We Ride' , a film noir storyboard and soundtrack by Wily Bo & E D Brayshaw, was released on 15th March 2019 featuring beautiful artwork by Zhana D'Arte, who also created the wonderful cover for 'Moon Over Indigo', Wily Bo's release from 2015
Due early 2020, 'Ain't No Man A Good Man', an album collaboration with Danny Flam and a host of friends will be released on CD as well as download and streaming sites
In the second half of 2019, Wily will premiere his next collection of works under the title of 'Welcome to VoodooVille' ("there are 8 million stories in VoodooVille, these are just a few of them…" ) and release EP's, albums and perform his dark Americana, swampy blues acoustic based 'live' shows alongside E D Brayshaw and a host of brilliant talented musicians with both his Acoustic Band and his Electric Band
He is also producing the music and soundtrack album for 'The Rattlin Bone Theatre Show' a theatre production that will open at a London Theatre 2020/2021 and will also feature as part of Wily Bo's 'VoodooVille' collection of stories and albums…
All roads lead to VoodooVille…