A Yorta Yorta man from Echuca, Benny Walker is the real deal. His killer voice and epic tales are mixed with a deep groove and passion for the land. Recent offerings SAVE and Oh No You Don’t shot to No. 1 on the AMRAP charts; the latter earning him four NIMA 2016 nominations and the award for “Best Aboriginal Talent” at The Age Music Victoria Awards.
His latest songs produced by Jan Skubiszewski mix Blues and Roots with a contemporary guitar driven soul vibe. Benny Walker has performed alongside some of Australia’s finest, including Archie Roach, Alex Lloyd, Blue King Brown and Tim Rogers.
Chosen Line - OUT NOW
Chosen Line is Benny Walker’s third studio album. Produced by Jan Skubiszewski and Pip Norman the album features co-writes with both producers along with musicians George Carpenter [Your Place] and Desmond Masé / Rachael Lia Carne [We're Home].
Chosen Line is a full album experience and showcases both sides of Benny Walker. Tracks All Ya Gotta Do Is Call and I Don’t Blame You are both strong Blues bass tracks that have yielded Benny’s highest streaming figures to date. Current single We’re Home and title track Chosen Line showcase his more introverted soulful nature.
"Chosen Line" could've been called "Songline" or even "Unchosen Line". The title represents my "chosen" career path. I didn't really choose it. I embraced it. I come from a long line of storytellers and musicians, and they've all had a significant impact on the person I've become and the musician that I am. I'm a Yorta Yorta man and in our culture, we would call that my Songline. Yorta Yorta visual artist, John Patten, created the album artwork taking into account my songline and the Yorta Yorta totem the long-neck turtle as well as the river that also represents the fretboard of a guitar. says Benny Walker
Sarah Howells - Double J
"I knew Benny Walker was bringing the goods with his third album, but what I didn’t expect was the versatility that it showcased."
Forte Magazine
"Instrumentally superb, ‘Chosen Line’ isn’t afraid to showcase just how soul touching Benny Walkers music can be."
Guitar World -
"On his smoky and raw – yet at all turns inescapably groovy – third album, Benny Walker embraces the guitar as a tool to reckon with, affirm and (most importantly) conjure emotions."
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Through The Forest - CD Album (2015)
A$20.00Track Listing:
- THROUGH THE FOREST
- TIME
- WILL THERE BE A LIGHT
- NOW THAT I AM BROKEN
- DON'T CUT ME DOWN
- NO REFUNDS
- THE FOOL
- WILL I KNOW YOU
-DEAR HOMETOWNQuantityComing soonSummer Sun - CD EP (2010)
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- TIL YOU'RE GONE
- FOREVER YOUNG
- YOU & ME
- DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
- SUMMER SUNQuantityComing soonSELF TITLED - CD Album (2008)
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- HOLD ON
- WHEN IT ALL COMES DOWN
- THEY SAY
- I DON'T KNOW WHY
- TAKE MY HAND
- END OF THE WORLD
- HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
- SHE'S GONE
- ALL OVER AGAIN
- LEAVE US ALONE
- THICK AS THIEVESQuantityComing soonSinners and Saints - CD Album (2013)
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- TICKET FOR A TRAIN (SLOW TRAIN)
- SINNERS AND SAINTS
- LEAVE IT TO ME
- MY HEART (WILL ALWAYS BE AT HOME)
- WOMAN
- ALL I HAVE
- HE'S BEEN WAITING
- HELPLESS
- PUSH ON THROUGH
- AIN'T IT CRAZY
- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
- TICKET FOR A TRAIN (EXPRESS TRAIN)
- FEEL SO RIGHT
- CRAZY MAMAQuantityAll options are out of stockComing soonUndercover - EP (2017)
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Stay In My Arms
Undercover Of My Skin
Save
Without You
Oh No You Don't
GhostQuantityComing soon"I Don't Blame You" Vinyl 7 inch Single (2019)
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BIO / MEDIA - BENNY WALKER
Hailing from regional Victoria, Indigenous singer/songwriter Benny Walker is the real deal. His love songs and epic tales are mixed with passion for the land, the people, summer vibes and deep grooves are the elements that reach the soul.
Recent offerings SAVE and Oh No You Don’t shot to No. 1 on the AMRAP charts; the latter earning him four NIMA 2016 nominations and the award for “Best Aboriginal Talent” at The Age Music Victoria Awards. His latest songs produced by Jan Skubiszewski mix Blues and Roots with a contemporary guitar driven soul vibe.
Benny has performed alongside some of Australia’s finest, including Archie Roach, Blue King Brown, Tim Rogers and Vika and Linda Bull, and was awarded Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts Award for Best New Talent in 2012. In recent years he has performed at some of the country’s best-loved festivals, including Moomba, Woodford, St Kilda Festival and Blue Mountains Music Festival, and has also taken the plunge into the Canadian festival circuit.
An accomplished solo performer, Walker is regularly joined on stage by his band, where he replaces his acoustic guitar with a Stratocaster and indulges his passion for the big blues-rock sound.
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