Seth Walker at The Annex

Midtown Events brings you Seth Walker Thursday, April 17 at The Annex in Bend! Doors 7:30pm, show 8pm. 21+

Seth Walker is a multi-dimensional talent who combines a gift for melody and lyric alongside a rich, Gospel-drenched, Southern-inflected voice with a true-blue knack for getting around on the guitar. His latest studio album, I Hope I Know, produced by Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers, and a series of singles entitled Blueprints featuring renditions of songs by Al Green, James Taylor, Bobby Charles and more, further build upon this reputation.

Growing up on a commune in rural North Carolina, the son of classically trained musicians, Seth Walker played cello long before discovering the guitar in his 20s. When his introduction to the blues came via his Uncle Landon Walker, who was both a musician and disc jockey, his fate was forever sealed. Instantaneously, Seth was looking to artists like T-Bone Walker, Snooks Eaglin, and B.B. King as a wellspring of endless inspiration.

He has released ten albums, broken into the Top 20 of the Americana Radio Charts, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart and received praise from NPR, American Songwriter, No Depression and Relix, among others.

Seth is set to release a new album in early 2025, an album that elevates the musical influences of his life and career, with captivating originals and a few inspired covers. About the upcoming release he says, "This record feels like less a composed collection of music, and more of a deep dive back, through and ahead to a blend of the blues, groove and soul music that turned me upside down when I began this journey 12 albums and 25 years ago. The album features 7 original songs rooted in that rich blues soil, and 4 unique and stylized covers of some of my musical heroes past and present.”

Alongside his extensive songwriting and recording pursuits, Seth is consistently touring and performing at venues and festivals around the world. Along with headline shows, he has been invited to open for The Mavericks, Marc Broussard, The Wood Brothers, Raul Malo, Paul Thorn and Ruthie Foster, among others. Seth Walker is currently based in Asheville, NC after previously residing in Austin, New Orleans, and Nashville. He’s used those experiences wisely, soaking up the sounds and absorbing the musical lineage of these varied places. With a bluesman’s respect for roots and tradition, coupled with an appreciation for—and successful melding of—contemporary songwriting, Seth sublimely incorporates a range of styles with warmth and grace.

Seth has also added published author to his oeuvre with his first memoir, ‘Your Van Is On Fire.’ A riotous and charming mélange of a touring musician’s life, the book is comprised of many short essays, poems and paintings he’d accumulated over a near 30-year career. Written during the pandemic lockdown, Walker offers a first hand account of an artist in perpetual motion who’s dedicated his life to chasing the muse wherever it may lead.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Annex, 51 Northwest Greenwood Avenue, Bend, United States