Luke Daniels (born 1973)[1] is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer who grew up in Sonning Common, South Oxfordshire and is now based in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.[2] [3]
Early years
editDaniels grew up playing the melodeon in the Irish tradition and won the 1992 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.[3]
Career
editFollowing the release of his first solo album Tarantella in 1994 he toured with a variety of artists including Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and De Dannan. Daniels toured throughout North America with the Riverdance show.[4][5]
Daniels is a multi-instrumentalist singer and composer, as well as button accordion he plays guitar, piano and tin whistle.[6] He has toured with the Cara Dillon band,[7] with Syrian oud player Rihab Azar[8] and collaborated with celebrated English folk musician Nancy Kerr.[9] In 2016 Daniels restored an original Polyphon machine which he used alongside original compositions.[10]
Discography
edit- 1994 Tarantella [3]
- 2002 Above the Bellow (Luke Daniels and Jonathan Preiss)[11]
- 2004 Secret Sessions
- 2006 Lost Music of the Gaels [12]
- 2009 Art of Trio [13]
- 2011 The Mighty Box [14]
- 2013 Mother Glasgow
- 2014 What’s Here What’s Gone [15]
- 2015 Tribute to William Hannah [16]
- 2016 Revolve and Rotate [17]
- 2017 Making Waves [18]
- 2017 Singing Ways to Feel More Junior [19]
- 2019 Old Friends and Exhausted Enemies [20]
- 2022 Luke Daniels and the Cobhers [21] [22] [6]
References
edit- ^ "Luke Daniels reviving 19th Century music box". Hampshire Chronicle. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Reading Chronicle (23 September 2011). "Music and Folklore Sun Stations". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Heywood, Pete. "Luke Daniels". Living Tradition. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Daniels, Luke. "Luke Daniels". Luke Daniels. Liverpool Philharmonic. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Heywood, Pete. "Luke Daniels". Living Tradition. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ a b Neill, Danny (13 September 2022). "Luke Daniels". Folk Radio. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "New Release Premiere: Luke Daniels – Don't You Worry Bout A Thing". Thank Folk for that. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "The arts desk at the east neck festival 2022". The arts desk. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Folk Stars Luke Daniels Team up". The Atkinson. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Luke Daniels Revolve and Rotate Utilises the Polyphon machine". The audiophile man. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ McClellan, Mel. "Below the bellows". BBC Radio 2. BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ PRS For Music Foundation. "Luke Daniels". PRS Foundation. PRS.
- ^ Long, Siobhán. "Luke Daniels - The Art of Trio". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Living Tradition. "Issue 90 - Living Tradition Reviews". The Living Tradition. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Denselow, Robin (30 October 2014). "Luke Daniels - What's here What's gone". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Monaghan. "Review Luke Daniels a Tribute to William Hannah". The Living Tradition. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Denselow, Robin (30 October 2014). "Luke Daniels - Revolve and Rotate". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Ainscoe, Mike (18 March 2017). "Luke Daniels - Making Waves". Louder than War. John Robb. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Nenadic, Mark (21 December 2017). "Singing Ways to Feel More Junior". Americana UK. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Blake, Thomas (October 2019). "Luke Daniels - Old Friends and Exhausted Enemies". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ [https://www.lukedanielsmusic.com/music.html |access-date=27 October 2022 |via=Luke Daniels Music}}
- ^ [https://www.discogs.com/artist/924712-Luke-Daniels |access-date=27 October 2022 |via=Discogs }}