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Rick Walker

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Rick Walker is a Santa Cruz-based percussionist, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who was an early player in both the World-Beat movement in the 1980s and the international live-looping scene.

As a recording studio musician, he’s contributed to more than 1,000 sessions with artists like Martin Simpson, Bob Brozman, Tarika Sammy, Ile Aye, and Amel Tafsout. Walker has also authored a multi-volume “Global Beats and World Pop Styles” encyclopedia and taught rhythm and composition to thousands of students. For over a decade he has curated the Y2K International Live Looping Festival and other avant-garde music events in Northern California.

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Rick on Waves of Harmony

Kokiriko Bushi Ft. Tsuyoshi Inoue
Minyo · Toyama, Japan, reimagined
Kyle Abbott, Joel Mankey, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Rick Walker, Charlie Cawood, Masahiro Nitta
In Mixing

Rick: percussion

The Burning of Auchindoun
Scottish traditional
Annie Staninec, Edwin Itoh, Shawn Head, Rick Walker, Doug Lee, Richard Curran, Jesse Autumn, Steve Uccello, Kyle Abbott
In Mixing

Rick: percussion

Coast of Peru
Whaling song · New England
Kyle Abbott, Joel Mankey, Edwin Itoh, Rick Walker, Luke Abbott, Steve Uccello, Adam Stacey, Tom Delaney
In Mixing

Rick: drums

Kokiriko Bushi Ft. Maya Nemotowith Kyle Abbott, Edwin Itoh, Kaz Mogi +4
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In MixingWork in progress, not the final mix