American singer/songwriter Orion Walsh was born and raised in Lincoln,
Nebraska. After the death of his father in 1996 he picked up his first
acoustic guitar. Desperate for a release, he began to learn to play, sing,
and write songs at the early age of 15. After graduating high school,
Orion left his home town to head out west to California. He signed to an
indie label shortly after, releasing a full length record with his
previous band Slow Coming Day and touring the United States for several
years. After the band broke up he was faced with a decision, to give up
music or continue on. Not willing to give up his dreams, Orion began
writing songs without a band. This led him in a more folk direction with
his music. Living out of his van for several months at a time, he began
writing songs for his first solo album. Many of these songs address issues
of homelessness, war, recession, mental illness, imprisonment, life, and
death.
After recording his debut full length album "Tornado Lullabies" with
producer Aaron Edwards he returned home to Nebraska where the album was
mastered in Omaha by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering. Independently
releasing the album himself in 2008, Orion hit the road shortly after,
completing two solo tours of the midwest and west coast. Continuing to
release his music independently, Walsh recorded a new EP entitled "Freedom
Lost, Freedom Found" in Seattle, Washington which was released on July
4th, 2009 with more touring to follow. Proving that he is here to stay,
Orion plans to release his second full length album "The Hitchhiker's Son"
which was recorded by producer AJ Mogis (Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Faint)
in July of 2010.
