{{short description|American musician}} {{for|the Australian actress or the New Zealand academic|Natalie Walker (actress)|Natalie Walker (academic)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist |background = person | name = Natalie Walker | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Natalie Denise Walker | origin = Indianapolis, Indiana, US | instrument = Vocals | genre = {{flat list| * Electronica * trip hop * pop * indie rock}} | occupation = Musician | years_active = 2002–present | label = {{flat list| * Plain Jane * Dorado }} | current_member_of = Mouchette | past_member_of = Daughter Darling | website = {{URL|natalie-walker.com}} }}
'''Natalie Denise Walker'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/332814272 |title=CRUSH |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=July 9, 2023}}</ref> is an American singer and songwriter from Indiana<ref name="NW">{{cite web|title = Biography|publisher = Natalie Walker Official Site|year = 2006|url = http://www.natalie-walker.com/biography.php|accessdate = December 25, 2007|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080103230352/http://www.natalie-walker.com/biography.php|archivedate = January 3, 2008}}</ref> who first came to prominence as part of the group Daughter Darling. She later launched a solo career and released her first studio album, ''Urban Angel'', in 2006, which was produced by the duo Stuhr (Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg). Walker's follow-up, ''With You'', was released in 2008 and also featured production by Stuhr. She has since released the albums ''Spark'' (2011) and ''Strange Bird'' (2015). Walker also sings with the group Mouchette, with whom she has released two EPs and one full-length album.
==Biography== Growing up in a born again Christian family, Walker spent her childhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. She formed her first band, a funk-folk outfit, at the age of seventeen.<ref name="NW" /> She has cited Beth Gibbons, Beth Orton, Karin Bergquist, Alison Krauss, Ani DiFranco, Björk, Erin McKeown, Jewel, Lauryn Hill, and Garbage as musical influences.<ref name="NW" />
===Daughter Darling=== Travis and Steven Fogelman of the trip hop group Daughter Darling had posted an online ad seeking a vocalist, which Walker answered. She sent them a vocal sample, and they expressed interest in hiring her. In 2002, a year after answering the ad, Walker left college and moved to Philadelphia, and the band recorded the album ''Sweet Shadows''. Though a subsequent release was discussed, Walker decided to launch a solo career instead.<ref name="NW" />
===Solo career=== In 2006, Walker released her debut album, ''Urban Angel'', co-written with the production duo Stuhr, consisting of Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg.<ref name="NW" /><ref>{{cite news|title=CD REVIEW: Natalie Walker – "Urban Angel" |url=http://www.musesmuse.com/mrev-nataliewalker-urbanangel.html |website=musesmuse.com |date=May 16, 2008 |access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref> A Thievery Corporation remix of the track "Quicksand" was featured in the Sofia Coppola film ''Marie Antoinette'',<ref>{{cite news|title="Quicksand (Thievery Corporation Remix)" by Natalie Walker |url=https://musicramen.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/quicksand-thievery-corporation-remix-by-natalie-walker/ |website=musicramen.wordpress.com |date=October 24, 2006 |access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://glidemagazine.com/12081/natalie-walker/|title=Natalie Walker: With You – Glide Magazine|date=July 1, 2008|work=Glide Magazine|access-date=November 3, 2017}}</ref> and "Waking Dream" appeared in an episode of ''Grey's Anatomy''. This was followed by ''With You'' in 2008 and ''Spark'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Natalie Walker – Spark |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/46841/Natalie-Walker-Spark/ |website=sputnikmusic.com |date=December 2, 2011 |access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref> Her latest release, ''Strange Bird'', came out in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Album Review: "Strange Bird" by Natalie Walker |url=https://ucsdguardian.org/2015/01/21/album-review-strange-bird-natalie-walker/ |website=ucsdguardian.org |date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Natalie Walker 'Strange Bird' |url=http://marqueemag.com/2015/04/natalie-walker-strange-bird/ |website=marqueemag.com |date=April 1, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref>
===Mouchette=== In 2009, Walker formed the band Mouchette, which also includes Aaron Nevezie (guitar), David Manson (drums), John Stenger (keyboard), and John Davis (bass).{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} They released their first EP in May 2009, entitled ''Orchids to Ashes''. This was followed in 2010 by the EP ''Glimmer'' and the full-length album ''Late Bloomer'', released in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mouchette |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2272528-Mouchette |website=discogs.com |access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref>
===Other projects=== In 2007, Walker contributed vocals to the debut album by electronica project Dive Index, titled ''Mid/Air'', as well as the remix album ''Collisions – The Mid/Air Remixes'', issued in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dive Index |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1361631-Dive-Index |website=discogs.com |access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref>
==Discography== ===with Daughter Darling=== * ''Sweet Shadows'' (2002)
===Solo=== '''Studio albums''' * ''Urban Angel'' (2006) * ''With You'' (2008) * ''Spark'' (2011) * ''Strange Bird'' (2015)
'''EPs''' * ''Live at the Bunker'' (2009) * ''Evenfall'' (2019)
'''Singles''' * "No One Else" (2006) * "Quicksand" (2006) * "Crush" (2006) * "Waking Dream" (King Britt Remix) (2008) * "Over & Under" (2008) * "Pink Neon" (2008) * "With You" (Dive Index Remix) (2009) * "Uptight" (2011) * "Cool Kids" (2011)
===with Mouchette=== * ''Orchids to Ashes'' (EP, 2009) * ''Glimmer'' (EP, 2010) * "Sixer" (single, 2010) * ''Late Bloomer'' (2020)
===with Dive Index=== * ''Mid/Air'' (2007) * ''Collisions – The Mid/Air Remixes'' (2008)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20070309163441/http://natalie-walker.com/index.php|}} (archived) * {{Discogs artist}} * [https://www.youtube.com/user/NatalieWalkerMusic Natalie Walker] YouTube channel
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