Luke Daniels (musician)

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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]

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Early years

Daniels grew up playing the melodeon in the Irish tradition and won the 1992 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. [3]

Career

Following 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

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References

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  2. ↑ Reading Chronicle. "Music and Folklore Sun Stations". Reading Chronicle. Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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  5. ↑ Heywood, Pete. "Luke Daniels". Living Tradition. Living Tradition. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 Neill, Danny (13 September 2022). "Luke Daniels". Folk Radio. Folk Radio. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "New Release Premiere: Luke Daniels – Don't You Worry Bout A Thing". Thank Folk for that. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "The arts desk at the east neck festival 2022". The arts desk. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Folk Stars Luke Daniels Team up". The Atkinson. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Luke Daniels Revolve and Rotate Utilises the Polyphon machine". The audiophile man. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  11. ↑ McClellan, Mel. "Below the bellows". BBC Radio 2. BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  12. ↑ PRS For Music Foundation. "Luke Daniels". PRS Foundation. PRS.
  13. ↑ Long, Siobhán. "Luke Daniels - The Art of Trio". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Living Tradition. "Issue 90 - Living Tradition Reviews". The Living Tradition. The Living Tradition. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Denselow, Robin (30 October 2014). "Luke Daniels - What's here What's gone". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  16. ↑ Monaghan. "Review Luke Daniels a Tribute to William Hannah". The Living Tradition. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  17. ↑ Denselow, Robin (30 October 2014). "Luke Daniels - Revolve and Rotate". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  18. ↑ Ainscoe, Mike (18 March 2017). "Luke Daniels - Making Waves". Louder than War. John Robb. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Nenadic, Mark (21 December 2017). "Singing Ways to Feel More Junior". Americana UK. Americana UK. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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  21. ↑ [https://www.lukedanielsmusic.com/music.html |access-date=27 October 2022 |via=Luke Daniels Music}}
  22. ↑ [https://www.discogs.com/artist/924712-Luke-Daniels |access-date=27 October 2022 |via=Discogs }}
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