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English musician and composer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Daniels grew up playing the melodeon in the Irish tradition and won the 1992 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.[3]
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]
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