Wily Bo Walker has created a world for his music, stories, film storyboards and artistic vision in the cinematic, film noir landscape of VoodooVille…
An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Wily Bo is regarded not only as one of the top rock & blues vocalists in Europe, but also as one of the foremost independent Singer/Songwriters, working across all styles and genres with his work being used in Film, TV, Theatre and Radio drama
‘Moon Over Indigo’, Wily Bo’s release from 2015, contains an opium den of tales and characters highlighted on its album cover by the visionary illustrator and artist Zhana D’Arte. Schizophrenic tales of a man and his demons…
The album releases ‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’ (July 2020), ‘Moon Over Indigo’ (Sept 2015) and ‘Wily Bo Walker & The Danny Flam Big Band‘ (Nov 2013) were all considered for Grammy nominations (Danny Flam is a Grammy Award winner for his work with Kanye West, Elton John etc)
‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’ (Jul 2020) and it’s sister album ‘Tales of the Mescal Canyon Troubadours’ (Feb 2021) explore the genre-twists that have come to be expected of Wily Bo productions.
The 2018 album, ‘Almost Transparent Blues’ received many accolades and charted worldwide
Working with multi-instrumentalist E D Brayshaw, the double album ‘The Roads We Ride’ (Mar 2019) also charted worldwide. They received spectacular reviews for the album, with the track ‘The Ballad of Johnny & Louise’ also reaching No 1 in the prestigious Netherlands’ Hit-Tracks Top 100
As part of the ‘VoodooVille’ collection of stories and albums, Wily Bo is currently recording the music for the Official Soundtrack album for ‘The Rattlin Bone Theatre Show Volume 1′ which was released on 14th February 2025
All roads lead to VoodooVille…
Recent Achievements:
Nomination for ‘Best Original Film Score’ for ‘Bail Out – Showtime’ U.S. TV Series, March 2025
‘Dead Exit (Walking with Mr D)’ used in ‘Dead Exit: The Audio Drama’, a dystopian U.S. drama released across streaming platforms with a huge global cast of over 40 actors, February 2025
‘The Rattlin Bone Theatre Show Volume 1’ achieved ‘Album of the Week’ in the Netherlands’ Hit-Tracks Top 100 charts, February 2025
Wily Bo Walker is nominated in the 2021 Radio Wigwam Awards ‘Classic Rock Act’ Category
‘Tales of the Mescal Canyon Troubadours’ nominated in the Best Album Category in the ‘2021 WRC Awards’
‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’ listed in the ‘Scottish Album of the Year Awards’ in 2021
‘I Want to Know’ from ‘Tales of the Mescal Canyon Troubadours’ nominated for ‘Song of the Year’ in the Jazz & Blues category of Josie’s Music Awards 2021
‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’ nominated in the ‘Best Blues-Rock CD’ category the Independent Blues Awards, 2021
Two songs nominated for ‘Song of the Year, one in the Rock category and one in the Jazz & Blues category, in the Josie’s Music Awards, 2020
‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’, ‘The Roads We Ride’, ‘Almost Transparent Blues’, ‘Moon Over Indigo’ and ‘Stone Cold Beautiful’ all achieved ‘CD of the Week’ status in the prestigious European based Hit-Tracks Top 100
Finalist in the ‘Best Male Vocalist’ category in the European Blues Awards, 2019
No 1 with ‘The Ballad of Johnny & Louise’ from ‘The Roads We Ride’ in the Netherlands’ Hit-Tracks Top 100 charts, August 2019
Three songs synced to Award Winning U.S. TV Show ‘Bail Out’ Episode 6, ‘I Am Lorenzo Lamas’, 2019
Finalist in the ‘Best Contemporary Blues Band’ category in the Independent Blues Awards, 2019
Finalist in the ‘Best Blues (Traditional) Artist’ category in the LA Critic Awards, Dec 2018
Finalist in the European Blues Awards ‘2018 Album of the Year’ category with ‘Almost Transparent Blues’
Inducted in to the U.S. ‘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 and Runner-Up in the 2016 British Blues Awards in the ‘Kevin Thorpe Award for Songwriter’ category
No 1 for Christmas 2015 with ‘Who Do You Love (NY Chiller Mix)’ in the Netherlands’ Hit-Tracks Top 100 charts
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
‘The Roads We Ride’, ‘Moon Over Indigo’ and ‘Stone Cold Beautiful’ all 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 & The Mescal Canyon Troubadours track, featured on the Covermount CD: Issue 18 (Dec 2014) of ‘The Blues’ mag
No 1 Blues, Jazz & Classic Rock artist in the US and Worldwide MySpace charts (Jan 2013)
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