Joshua Ray Walker – True Love

Labels:State Fair Records
Number of Tracks:1
Total Time:00:03:02
From the Album:True Love
Formats:Americana,Non-Commercial,NPR
Available Date & Time: Jun 01 2020 10:00:00 EDT
Impact Date: Jun 09 2020 00:00:00


 
Joshua Ray Walker – ‘True Love’
Track is a double barrel blast of yearning vocals and classic country playing
Rolling Stone Country FEATURE

 

#31 on the Americana Single Chart & Top 50 Album Chart
Already Spinning on ABC Radio, Americana Boogie Radio, BBC Radio, Gimme Country, KAMA Radio, KBCS-FM, KCBX-FM, KCSN-FM, KDHX-FM, KHYI-FM, KRBL-FM, KRCB-FM, KUSH-AM, Ocean Beach Radio, Radio Free Americana, SiriusXM Outlaw Country, WAMU-FM , WBCM-LP, WCBE-FM, WDVX-FM, WETS-FM, WFIV-FM, WFPK-FM, WHAY-FM, WHIV-LP, WMKY-FM, WMOT-FM, WMNF-FM, WNCW-FM, WNEX-FM, WVTF-FM, WWUH-FM and more..
 
"Country’s most fascinating young songwriter is a baby-faced, 6XL guitar hero with a Dwight Yoakam voice and songs about suicide and boat-show models" 
"Joshua Ray Walker taps into his inner Dwight Yoakam on the ferocious new song “True Love,” a double barrel blast of yearning vocals and classic country playing."
– Rolling Stone Country 
 

Explosive voices like Joshua Ray Walker’s are rare. His thrilling vocal gymnastics combine subtle bends and flex of a Yoakam yodel with a ferocious passion. ” – WMOT 

 
"With each release, Walker raises the bar a little higher. From the opening despair of 'Voices' to the closing strength of 'D.B. Cooper,' Walker has written and recorded an album that outshines expectations for what country music can, and should, sound like." – No Depression
 
"Steady drums guide 'True Love,' while a vaguely retro electric guitar line and some completely country steel flourishes elevate the upbeat track, which tells a pretty pessimistic story. While the couple in the song are totally in love at the moment, it's not meant to last." – The Boot
 
 "Since the release of his 2019 debut album Wish You Were Here, Joshua Ray Walker has quickly risen in the ranks to become one of Texas' most revered young singer-songwriters and has drawn comparisons to beloved Lone Star State troubadours, such as Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. Now Walker is gearing up to release his sophomore album Glad You Made It (out July 10). The album's debut single 'True Love' is a toe-tapping barnburner made for twirling around a Hill Country dance hall." – Wide Open Country
 
Once the best-kept secret of Dallas' music scene, Joshua Ray Walker catapulted himself into the international spotlight with his 2019 debut, Wish You Were Here. An album of character-driven songwriting and golden-era Texas twang, Wish You Were Here didn't just nod to the larger-than-life troubadours who'd inspired Walker's craft — it brought him into their ranks, too, adding Walker's name to the shortlist of songwriters worthy of carrying the torches of Guy Clark, John Prine, and Blaze Foley.
 
What may have looked like overnight success to an outsider was, in reality, the product of a decade-long climb up the industry's ranks. A working musician since the age of 13, Walker spent years balancing his gigs as a sideman with a dizzyingly busy schedule of solo shows, regularly racking up more than 250 gigs annually. He sharpened his songwriting, too, developing a blend of autobiography and fiction that often revealed as much about the song's creator as its characters. That prolific approach now leads Walker to 2020's Glad You Made It, a sophomore record that both matches and magnifies the vital, vulnerable lure of his debut.
 
The lyrics may be downcast, but Glad You Made It remains dynamic and defiantly upbeat, a result of lessons learned during Walker's tour in support of Wish You Were Here.  As that album earned worldwide acclaim from outlets like Rolling StoneNPR Music and The Boot, and spent twelve straight weeks on the Americana radio albums chart, Walker bounced between headlining performances of his own and opening slots for Colter Wall, Charley Crockett, and American Aquarium. Walker even flew on a plane for the first time so he could head to Europe for a fall 2019 headlining tour. Those high-profile shows — often played to full rooms, with audiences eager to two-step — inspired him to focus on danceable music that shone a light not only on his songwriting, but also his strength as an instrumentalist, drawing on the chops he'd built up during his side hustle as lead guitarist for the country-punk cult favorites Ottoman Turks. 
 
Americana Radio Promotion:
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Mangement:
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www.joshuaraywalker.com

 

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