Bradley Walker

Bradley Walker is an American bluegrass and country music singer and songwriter. He has released three solo albums. He is part of the group Brothers of the Heart and has also released three albums with the group.

Early life Bradley Walker is a native of Athens, Alabama. He was born with muscular dystrophy, and has been in a wheelchair all his life. He was a student at East Limestone High School where he played percussion in the school band.

Walker started singing when he was two or three years old, and began performing in public when he was four. When he was ten, he was invited on stage to perform with The Oak Ridge Boys, and when he was eleven, he sang with The Oak Ridge Boys on The Nashville Network's Nashville Now as well as on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.

He works at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant as a Material Inventory Coordinator while pursuing a music career. He was signed to Rounder Records, and released his debut album, Highway of Dreams, in 2006. The album was produced by Carl Jackson. For his performance on the album, he won the Male Vocalist of the Year Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association. Walker had known Joey and Rory Feek since 2007, and he was asked by Rory Feek to sing the hymn "Leave It There" at the funeral of Joey Feek in accordance with her wishes. Bill Gaither of the Gaither Music Group, who was also at the funeral service, heard Walker's performance and signed Walker to his label.

Walker's second album, Call Me Old-Fashioned, was produced by Rory Feek and recorded at the Joey + Rory studio out on their farm. The album includes a posthumous duet with Joey Feek, "In The Time That You Gave Me", using vocals she recorded before her death. and debuted at No. 9 on the Top Country Albums chart.

2017–19: Blessed: Hymns & Songs of Faith On October 6, 2017, Walker released Blessed: Hymns & Songs of Faith. The album, produced by Ben Isaacs, features collaborations with Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, Jimmy Fortune, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Isaacs and Ricky Skaggs. The album received a GMA Dove Award for the Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year in 2018.

Walker appeared at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 alongside Vince Gill.

2020–present: Brothers of the Heart

In 2020, Walker collaborated with Jimmy Fortune, Ben Isaacs, and Mike Rogers to release an album Brotherly Love and a concert DVD/TV special filmed at Rory Feek's barn/studio near Columbia, TN. The album was released digitally on May 29, 2020, and the DVD and CD released on September 4, 2020. The concert film aired on the Circle network on October 20, 2020. The collaboration was successful and they decided to continue with another project, and while they were recording their second album they named their group Brothers of the Heart.

In February 2023, Brothers of the Heart released the second album, Listen To The Music. The album reached No. 5 on the Top Christian Albums chart, and No. 32 on Top Album Sales. Another album, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, was released in November the same year.

Discography

Albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales US US Country US Christian US Bluegrass Highway of Dreams Released: September 12, 2006 Label: Rounder Records Formats: CD, digital download — — — 10Call Me Old-Fashioned Released: September 23, 2016 Label: Gaither Music Group Formats: CD, Digital download 155 9 4 1US: 44,900 Blessed: Hymns & Songs of Faith Released: October 6, 2017 Label: Gaither Music Group Formats: CD, Digital download — — 18 1US: 1,800 Brotherly Love (with Jimmy Fortune, Ben Isaacs, and Mike Rogers) Released: May 28, 2020 Label: Gaither Music Group Formats: Digital download, CD, DVD — — 19 —Listen To The Music(as Brothers of the Heart) Released: January 20, 2023 Label: Gaither Music Group Formats: Digital download, CD, DVD — — 5 —Will The Circle Be Unbroken Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year"Don't Give Up on Me" Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the YearBlessed Southern Gospel Artist of the YearHimself 2021GMA Dove AwardsBluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year"Go Rest High on That Mountain" – Fortune/Walker/Rogers/Isaacs