Walter Martin is a founding member of New York City indie-rock titans The Walkmen and a solo artist whose repertoire spans seven studio albums. Martin grew up in Washington, D.C., and played organ, guitar and drums during his high school years, joining 1990s indie five-piece Jonathan Fire*Eater on farfisa organ and lap steel guitar. The band split up in 1998 and Martin co-founded Harlem's Marcata Studio, before conceiving The Walkmen in 2000. Following the group's demise in 2013, Martin embarked on a solo career. The critically acclaimed kids and family-friendly LP, We're All Young Together, arrived in 2014 and featured guest vocals from Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Matt Berninger (The National), and Alec Ounsworth (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah). In 2016, Martin released his second album, the whimsical Arts & Leisure, which was inspired by his academic background in art history. The second installment of his family-friendly album series came in 2017, My Kinda Music, which earned him a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Martin released three albums in 2020, including his fifth LP The World at Night, which was dedicated to his late Jonathan Fire*Eater bandmate Stewart Lupton who died of suicide in 2018. Aside from his solo work, Martin has composed music for film, television, and commercials, and in 2019 contributed the song "Do-Dilly-Do (A Friend Like You)" to the film Missing Link, which won the award for Best Animated Feature at the 2020 Golden Globes.
