Walker Lukens
Set To Tour This November
**Tell It To The Judge Now Available
via Billboard, Spotify, iTunes, & Amazon**
NOVEMBER 5 | KILBY COURT | SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Watch "Don't Wanna Be Lonely (Don't Wanna Leave You Alone)" on Ones To Watch
Watch Walker Lukens' Ain't Got A Reason Karaoke Video Series on Impose Magazine
Listen to "Every Night" on SPIN & "The Touch" on Consequence of Sound
"Tell It To The Judge...holds true to Lukens' penchant for blending genres and techniques,
from rootsy organic to ambient electronic."
- Billboard
"a monster slab of garage-y blues that manages to sound fresh
by very subtly bucking convention"
- UPROXX
"The four songs on Never Understood are wonderfully inventive
and convey Lukens' refreshing attitude."
- NPR World Cafe
Austin, TX - October 2, 2017 - Walker Lukens is set to tour this fall, kicking off in Tulsa, OK on November 2nd and wrapping up in El Paso, TX on November 20th. The tour hits cities including Denver, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.
Walker Lukens recently released his new album Tell It To The Judge via Modern Outsider Records! Produced by Spoon's Jim Eno, this highly anticipated record brings together some of Walker's most prominent tracks to date, such as "Every Night" and "Lifted", with new tunes for fans to enjoy. The album is now available via Billboard, Spotify, iTunes, & Amazon.
Walker has been called "one of the best songwriters in Texas" (Free Press Houston.) The Austin-based, Houston-bred singer, multi-instrumentalist has been called "wonderfully inventive" (NPR World Cafe,) a "non-sexually intimidating version of Prince'" (Austin Chronicle,) and a "veteran balladeer with sudden indie rock ambitions" (Indy Week).
In 2013, Walker released his first full length record Devoted, garnering praise from outlets like NPR's All Songs Considered, American Songwriter, Austin American Statesman, Austin Chronicle, and Billboard. The word spread far and wide, taking Lukens all over the US with his backing band The Side Arms, made up of Kyle Vonderau (guitar), Zac Catanzaro (drums, percussion), Mckenzie Griffin (vocals, keyboard, percussion), and Grant Himmler (bass, vocals).
After meeting Spoon drummer Jim Eno in a bar, Walker & The Side Arms started recording new music at with him at his studio, Public Hi-Fi. Their first collaboration, 'Every Night,' has been streamed over a million times now. Their second collaboration, 'Lifted' from Never Understood EP (Modern Outsider) spent 11 weeks in total on the specialty commercial radio charts, including 5 weeks in the Top 5 and 3 weeks at #1!
This year, Walker & The Side Arms tackled a U.S. tour and performances at festivals such as Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival, Firefly Music Festival, Mountain Jam, Float Fest, Savannah Stopover, and more.
Tell It To The Judge is now available via Billboard, Spotify, iTunes, & Amazon. For more information, please visit: http://www.walkerlukens.com/.
Upcoming Shows
Oct 6 - Hot Springs, AR @ Hot Water Hills Festival
Oct 7 - Shreveport, LA @ Prize Fest
Nov 2 - Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard
Nov 3 - Kansas City, MO @ The Rino
Nov 4 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
Nov 5 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Nov 8 - Boise, ID @ The Olympic
Nov 9 - Seattle, WA @ Timbre Room
Nov 10 - Vancouver, Canada @ Biltmore Cabaret
Nov 11 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
Nov 12 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
Nov 14 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Nov 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Resident
Nov 18 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
Nov 19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Nov 20 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
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Small Business Endorses Curtis for Congress
Provo mayor, entrepreneur brings the right experience at the right time
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 2, 2017—The federal political action committee for the nation’s largest and leading small-business association (NFIB Fed PAC) today announced its endorsement of Provo Mayor John Curtis for the open Congressional seat made by the resignation of former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz.
NFIB’s National Political Director Sharon Sussin noted Curtis’ proven track record of looking out for the interests of small business. Sussin said, “John Curtis knows the struggles small-business owners face on a day-to-day basis. Further, he has demonstrated during his tenure as the mayor of Provo what government can do to help make small businesses successful.
With 325,000 members nationwide, including more than 3,700 in Utah and 721 in the Third Congressional District, the National Federation of Independent Business is America’s premier small-business association. The NFIB Fed PAC made its endorsement of Curtis after conducting a thorough review of the race, which included a candidate interview, examination Curtis’ responses to its candidate questionnaire, and response to a member survey in the district.
Curtis’ opponent, Kathryn Allen, did not return the questionnaire and did not garner significant support in the survey
“John Curtis is a lifelong Utah resident who has built his career as a small-business owner,” said Candace Daly, NFIB’s Utah state director. “He believes in rolling back regulations, reforming healthcare, and lowering taxes for small businesses. He brought this entrepreneurial mindset to the mayor’s office and I know he will bring this same solution-based, economic-focused mentality to the halls of Congress; he is a great choice.”
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The National Federation of Independent Business is the nation’s leading small business association, with offices in Washington, D.C. and all 50 state capitals. For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America's economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges
