{"id":23360,"date":"2016-09-26T11:06:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=23360"},"modified":"2016-09-26T11:06:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T10:06:13","slug":"tom-walker-at-the-waiting-room-london-20th-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/09\/tom-walker-at-the-waiting-room-london-20th-september-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Walker at The Waiting Room, London 20th September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Walker at The Waiting Room 20\/9\/16 Photo Credit Steve Holley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom Walker first came to my attention when he played the outdoor stage at Barn on the Farm and performed his mix of hip hop, traditional songwriting, electronic elements and gospel sampling by himself. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

There were shades of Jack Garratt for me, made the more so by a similar enthusiasm and joy in performance. I was keen to see Tom again, especially as he would be playing with a band. Last Tuesday at The Waiting Room, a charming venue beneath The Three Crowns in Stoke Newington, gave me the opportunity.<\/p>\n

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Tom Walker at The Waiting Room 20\/9\/16 Photo Credit Steve Holley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom took to the stage with a drummer and a bass\/keyboard player to support his lead guitar, electronics and vocals. The addition of a band added depth to an already impressive set and took him to another level.<\/p>\n

London College of Creative Media songwriting graduate\u00a0Tom Walker has released his single\u00a0\u2018Fly Away With Me’,\u00a0a song about escape which teams his heartfelt vocals with a driving guitar, piano and drumbeats. Before that he teamed up with London poet Kojey Radical to incredible effect on ‘Sun Goes Down’, a very modern song that samples a 1930s slave work song, and has shades of Moby about it.<\/p>\n

Both songs were sung at The Waiting Room with great gusto and had the sell out crowd singing and swaying to Tom’s first London headline set.<\/p>\n

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Tom Walker at The Waiting Room 20\/9\/16 Photo Credit Steve Holley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom recently signed with Sony and has spent the past few years honing his unique sound, living in a house with 12 other musicians in a soundproof studio. This ability to jam and improvise meant that when there was a technical issue with Tom’s computerised backing he merely picked up another guitar and with real class and a lovely smile treated the crowd to an extra track while things were sorted out.<\/p>\n

Tom has spent the year with\u00a0support slots across the UK and embarked on a 6 date Scottish headline tour in June before playing a number of festival dates across the summer months. All of this was reflected in his growing stage presence.<\/p>\n

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Tom Walker at The Waiting Room 20\/9\/16 Photo Credit Steve Holley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having already gained support BBC Radio 1, BBC 1Xtra, Beats1 and BBC Introducing, Tom is an act to look out for. He is currently working on his debut album and on the back of this stand out performance and the new material he sang I can’t wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve Holley checked out Tom Walker’s set at The Waiting Room, in Stoke Newington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":23364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3514,7489,830,1486,7490,7485,2245,7486,7484,7488,6293,3138,7482,7487,7483,7481,6360],"class_list":["post-23360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-barn-on-the-farm","tag-bbc-1xtra","tag-bbc-introducing","tag-bbc-radio-1","tag-beats1","tag-fly-away-with-me","tag-jack-garratt","tag-kojey-radical","tag-london-college-of-creative-media","tag-moby","tag-sony","tag-steve-holley","tag-stoke-newington","tag-sun-goes-down","tag-the-three-crowns","tag-the-waiting-room","tag-tom-walker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-64M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21728,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/barn-on-the-farm-festival-over-farm-gloucester-1-3rd-july-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":23360,"position":0},"title":"Barn on the Farm Festival, Over Farm, Gloucester 1-3rd July 2016","author":"Steve Holley","date":"11\/07\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Steve Holley went to Gloucester to catch the magnificent Barn On The Farm Festival.","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image1-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image1-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image1-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image1-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image1-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15375,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/11\/jack-garratt-at-the-o2-shepherds-bush-empire-4112015\/","url_meta":{"origin":23360,"position":1},"title":"Jack Garratt at The O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 4\/11\/2015","author":"Steve Holley","date":"05\/11\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Steve Holley checked out Jack Garratt's show at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire.","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Jack-Garratt-2.jpg?fit=719%2C539&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Jack-Garratt-2.jpg?fit=719%2C539&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Jack-Garratt-2.jpg?fit=719%2C539&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Jack-Garratt-2.jpg?fit=719%2C539&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59988,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/tom-walker-at-omeara-london-as-part-of-brits-week-with-war-child\/","url_meta":{"origin":23360,"position":2},"title":"Tom Walker At OMEARA, London As Part Of BRITs Week With War Child","author":"Steve Holley","date":"18\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I considered myself very lucky to be watching an incredible artist play an intimate set at an outstanding music venue in London on Valentine\u2019s Day in aid of a charity which carries out important work. 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