Austin’s Walker Lukens is a big fan of folk music, but with the recent success of bands like Mumford & Sons and the Lumineers, he felt like the sound had become over-saturated. So he decided to experiment with the form: Lukens bought a looping pedal and started created his songs from the ground up, sampling his voice and guitar in interesting ways while keeping the inherent melody intact. He also hired a band (the Side Arms) to flesh out these experimentations in the live setting. These two directions–folk and electronic, acoustic and rock-and-roll–came together on Lukens’s 2013 breakout, Devoted. There’s a reason why he’s capturing attention not just in Austin but nationwide, from NPR to American Songwriter and Billboard. Check out the Walker Lukens’ KUTX takeover right here!
Walker’s List
- The Andrew Sisters – Rum and Coca
- Lee Fields – You’re The Kind Of Girl
- The Replacements – My Favorite Thing
- Spoon – Car Radio
- Miguel – Adorn
- Ry Cooder – Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
- Ghostface Killah – Kilo
- Gil Scott Heron – New York Is Killing Me
- Walker Lukens – Brunch People
- Panda Bear – Slow Motion
- Alton Ellis – Too Late To Turn Back Now
- Tom Waits – Make It Rain
- Prince – Breakfast Can Wait
- Burt Bacharach – Something Big
