Luke Jackson

Luke is a young roots singer/songwriter from Canterbury, Kent, who in 2013 was nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for both the Horizon Award for Best Emerging Talent and the Young Folk category. With a bold and distinctive voice, and a sweet, percussive guitar style, Luke is a confident and captivating live performer. He was also winner of Fatea’s ‘Male Artist of the Year 2014’.

Over the past few years he has steadily been developing a reputation for himself in the Folk & Roots circuits either through his solo shows, many festival appearances or when opening for such luminaries as Show of Hands, Steve Knightly, Martyn Joseph, Karine Polwart, Oysterband, Paul Brady, Glen Tilbrook, Sarah Jarosz and Lucy Ward.

He has also completed several tours of Scotland, with the last 2 years including playing 2 sold out nights at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Luke is an ever present in the live music scene, gigging relentlessly all over, and he remains a prolific songwriter aiming to release his third full length album due Autumn this year.