Luke Jackson
Intimate acoustic evening with folk songwriter Luke Jackson performing songs from his acclaimed catalogue
Luke is a singer-songwriter from Canterbury, Kent. Nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2013 for the Horizon Award and the Young Folk category, he won Fatea’s Male Artist of the Year in 2014 and 2016. His live album Solo:Duo:Trio was voted 2018 Album of the Year by Laurel Canyon and his studio release Journals was voted 2019 Album of the Year by Fatea Magazine.
Over recent years he has built a reputation across Folk Roots Americana and acoustic circuits through solo, duo and trio shows, festival appearances and opening slots for artists such as Fairport Convention, Show of Hands, Martyn Joseph, Seth Lakeman, Karine Polwart, Oysterband, Paul Brady, Glen Tilbrook, Sarah Jarosz and John Paul White.
He regularly tours the UK and Europe and has appeared at the International Folk Alliance in the USA and Canada. He has co‑written and toured with Rebecca Loebe and toured with Grammy Award winner Amy Wadge and folk award winners Greg Russel and Ciaran Algar.
From his 2012 debut More Than Boys through to his 2021 releases, five records including a live album have received strong praise from publications such as Maverick, Acoustic Magazine, Mike Harding and R2 Magazine. During the Covid period he presented themed livestreams and released the lockdown EP Of The Time in 2021.