Luke Jackson (singer)

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Luke Jackson (born 19 June 1994) is a British singer-songwriter from Canterbury. [1] He started playing guitar when he was ten, and made his first public performance at his primary school's leaving assembly [2] He recorded his first album More than Boys, produced by Martyn Joseph, when he was 18. [3]

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He has been nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award and the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards "Horizon Award" for best emerging talent. [4] [5] He received a career development bursary from Help Musicians UK. [6]

Jackson has toured extensively, including four tours with Amy Wadge [7] who co-wrote songs on Sheeran’s first EP Songs I Wrote With Amy. [8] Jackson has also toured with Ed Sheeran [8] and Marillion. [9]

Discography

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References

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