NOW signed to Sony’s Relentless Records (home to Nadia Rose, Bryson Tiller and Professor Green), Tom Walker will be making a live appearance at Whelan’s on Sunday, May 14.
Born in Scotland and raised in Manchester, Tom has spent the past few years honing his sound.
This has been part influenced by landing in a house share with 12 other musicians, who spent their time jamming together in their home-built, soundproofed studio.
What has emerged from this environment is a distinctive, engaging sound that immediately conjures up comparisons with some of the seminal and brightest crossover singer/songwriters to come out of the British Isles – Finley Quaye, Hozier and Ed Sheeran all spring to mind.
Tom’s vocal has been described by Dan Cairns in the Sunday Times as bearing a resemblance to “Paulo Nutini’s sandpapered rasp and Amy Winehouse’s distinctive phonetics”.
Last year saw collaborations with Kojey Radical and Avelino where he lent his remixing talents to his own take of ‘Play Dead’ which saw support from both Annie Mac & MistaJam.
‘Play Dead’ also saw strong support from BBC Introducing in Manchester that resulted in the track being added to the Radio 1 Playlist.
Earning his stripes playing gigs across the UK, including a current sold out headline tour, Tom has also supported Jake Bugg, Maverick Sabre, and Gallant at a number of festivals last summer including The Great Escape and Live At Leeds, British Summer Time in Hyde Park and the Secret Garden Party.
Tom had a strong start to 2017 with his first European tour that took in Holland, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, two BBC Introducing shows in London and Manchester, and a return to Live at Leeds.
In May he will release details of live dates in the UK, Europe and the US. March will see the release of his debut EP produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele).