BENNY WALKER - NOW THAT I AM BROKEN (BalconyTV)

BENNY WALKER performs the song "NOW THAT I AM BROKEN" for BalconyTV.

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PRESENTED BY MELANIE ARAYA

To define is to limit.

It may have been Oscar Wilde who wrote that line in the late 1800s, but the sentiment resonates deeply for Victorian singer-songwriter Benny Walker and his new record, Through The Forest.

Beginning with the deep and dark title track, Walker’s third long-player (and fifth release thus far) defies definition to be sure. It is, at its core, a roots music album, but specific tags need not limit the follow-up to 2012’s acclaimed Sinners & Saints. Blues, Americana, folk and gritty rock ‘n’ roll all play a part, but they come together to form a whole, something that isn’t anything but a Benny Walker album.

Produced by Shane O’Mara, Through The Forest is indeed the mark of an artist comfortable in his ability to craft a song first, without the distraction of whether or not said song will ‘fit’. And yet all nine songs here do fit, a definite cohesive thread running through; an album, not just a clutch of songs.

All nine songs on Through The Forest are deeply personal – “Yeah, you’re opening yourself up, there are some pretty honest moments in the songs,” he attests – and it’s this honesty that really brings these songs together as a whole, despite their sonic differences.

These differences though, on their own, are powerful – the title track with it’s darkly thrumming acoustic guitar; the lilting, country-tinged ‘Now That I’m Broken’; the slow-burning ‘Will There Be A Light’, replete with Garrett Costigan’s exquisite pedal steel playing; the almost desperate vocal delivery on melancholy closer ‘Dear Hometown’. Each song, while being a part of this whole, is a gem in its own right.

Overall, Through The Forest is Walker’s strongest work to date, the mark of an artist who’s only getting better with time.

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CREDITS / SPONSORS

Venue: Sydney Harbour YHA - http://www.yha.com.au

Presenter: Melanie Araya

Filming: Jesse Jaco - www.jessejaco.com and https://instagram.com/jessejsco/

Equipment: Australian Institute of Music - http://www.aim.edu.au/

Executive Producer: Tiah Rendall - http://www.tiahrendall.com

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