‘Good folk songs are like dangerous ideas, forcing us to re-imagine who we are and the institutions that support us.’

Folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Luke Daniels’ talents as a singer-songwriter are becoming widely recognised. Immaculate acoustic guitar playing and insightful, honest lyrics exploring love, life, doubt and faith and the idea that happiness and hope spring from what we have in common, rather than what we can acquire as individuals.

Over the course of a twenty-year career Daniels has already earned his place on the UK Folk scene as a virtuoso melodeon player with the likes of Riverdance, De Dannan and Ian Anderson, whilst performing with his own band at The London Jazz Festival, The Royal Festival Hall and credible folk festivals in the UK and internationally. Luke also worked alongside Howard Shore and The London Philharmonic Orchestra as a soloist on the movie soundtracks for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and is currently a regular member of The Cara Dillon Band.

Daniels is one of the UK’s most gifted and inventive musicians and having found a new identity as a songwriter/folk vigilante, is excited to be taking his contemporary acoustic folk in a new direction.

Daniels unique style draws on a range of sources but remains entirely his own. Amongst his in- fluences he counts Tori Amos, Anaïs Mitchell, Richard Thompson, Scott Walker, Baba Ken, Gillian Welch, Martin Carthy, The Carter Family, Archie Fisher, Josef Locke, Woody Guthrie, Karen Dalton and Nic Jones.

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