Ex-De Dannan accordeon playing phenomenon Luke Daniels combines traditional rhythms with contemporary jazz and classical influences. Luke Daniels website.T0232636719 | |
| 15 Oct 17 | Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance :: V1747286290 listing details L843631632 |
T01592837935Following live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 this summer from London Southbank Centre and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and performances at Hebcelt in Stornaway and the Cambridge Folk Festival, Luke's latest solo album What's Here What's Gone will be released on 6th October (Gael Records/Proper Distribution). A current member with The Cara Dillon Band and former member of Riverdance, Luke is a master musician and singer-songwriter whose work does not shy away from the big questions; exploring life, love, doubt and faith through the lens of our shared human nature. | |
| 6 Dec 14 | Artrix, Bromsgrove :: V073680848 listing details L1609559568 |
Islands - The Lost Music of The Gaels - T0337159047Drawing on one of the earliest Celtic documents, The Tochmarc Emire, composer Luke Daniels explores the distinctive expressions and the shared, cultural sources of the communities of Britain and Ireland through an exciting multimedia and artistic collaboration. He is joined by Taffy Thomas, one of the UK's most renowned and celebrated storytellers. Celtic music and storytelling has never been so alluring. | |
| 17 Nov 06 to 18 Nov 06 | Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L911495512 |
A Circle of Stone - T084601742Taking inspiration from the stones and circles of pre-historic Britain and drawing on ancient music from Shetland, Orkney, the highlands of Scotland, Ireland and England, composer Luke Daniels explores the links between indigenous music of the British Isles and these unique pre-historic monuments.Performer Andrew Peggie (piano). Performer Chris Stout (fiddles bid). Performer Jarleth Henderson (uilean piper). Company Elysian String Quartet. | |
| 23 Mar 06 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L1555002837 |
Lost Music of the Gaels - T0252984515The mystery of a missing music, peasant revolt and the prospect of a thousand Irish pub music sessions being consigned to the historical dustbin... This is the background for Luke Daniel's new project where the composer and accordion virtuoso stages a mythical musical boxing match between the tunes of Turloch O'Carolan, the last of the great Irish harpists and Henry Purcell, a leading English exponent of the Baroque renaissance that swept Europe in the seventeenth century. Was there a Gaelic baroque denied by history? With the help of traditional music group Broderick and the acclaimed Solaris string quartet, we lift the lid on 300 years of the music that never was... | |
| 14 Mar 03 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L0874622172 |
| 8 Dec 02 | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731 listing details L0228806228 |
| 24 Nov 02 | Michael Tippett Centre, Bath :: V804007771 listing details L1110971268 |
Histories Rhyme - T1424860791An exceptional line-up (including Alec Dankworth).Performer Luke Daniels (accordeon / vocals). Performer Alec Dankworth (double bass). Performer Ben Castle (clarinet / alto saxophone). Performer Brian Abrahams (drums / percussion). Performer Clive Carroll (stell strung guitar). Performer John Paul Gandy (piano / keyboards). | |
| 30 Sep 01 | Exeter Phoenix, Exeter :: V889 listing details L01507367032 |
| 29 Sep 01 | Phoenix Arts, Leicester :: V432 listing details L577314145 |
| 27 Sep 01 | Huntingdon Hall, Worcester :: V1402 listing details L02089574326 |
| 26 Sep 01 | Fibbers, York :: V0517612140 listing details L0158424132 |
| 24 Sep 01 | The Spitz, Inner London :: V287 listing details L302964318 |
| 23 Sep 01 | Ronnie Scott's, Birmingham :: V1283654568 listing details L461506736 |
| 22 Sep 01 | Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham :: V768 listing details L01759557838 |
| 21 Sep 01 | The Stables, Milton Keynes :: V1668325976 listing details L01605739313 |
| 20 Sep 01 | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731 listing details L69487137 |
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| 4 Oct 18 | Bush Hall, Outer London :: V0393870396 listing details L936569330 |
