We catch up with Luke Daniels to chat about The Cobhers, a project started in 2019 to help bring new audiences to folk and traditional music through covering classic hits alongside folk and traditional tunes from the UK, Ireland and beyond.
Everything on this collection from Luke Daniels and The Cobhers is attacked with such life-affirming urgency… These are songs that have cut across the eras, the sub-cultures and age restrictions, and now, they are hoping to knock down genre fences as well.
Luke Daniels, our Artist of the Month who recently released “Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies”, offered to write a piece of his choosing. He, rather bravely, chose the Nature and Origin of Folk Music.
We chat to Luke Daniels, our current Artist of the Month, about his new album “Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies”. Daniels is one of folk music’s true originals. Whatever he plans to do next is unlikely to be quite like anything else.
Luke Daniels’ “Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies” is full of mystery and emotion. It is the work of a discerning reader, a remarkable songwriter, and a musician with the touch of an alchemist.
Luke Daniels returns with a fourth solo album that promises to be his most interesting to date which contains re-worked slices of English poetry from the past seven hundred years. Lead single “Old Friends and Exhausted Enemies” is out today.
On ‘Singing Ways to Feel More Junior’, Luke Daniels delivers yet another highly innovative collection. An album that is full of fascinating and meticulously crafted song from an artist with his finger on the pulse. Out Now on Gael Music.
This week’s show is an eclectic one that features 27 tracks and runs just over one and a half hours. Featuring The Limeliters, Jimmie Driftwood, Stick in the Wheel, Jim White, Blue Rose Code, Luke Daniels, Gigspanner and heaps more.
This winter, Luke Daniels returns with Singing Ways To Feel More Junior, an intriguingly varied selection of smart new songs. We have the pleasure in premiering his new single ahead of release: The House That Jack Built.
With ‘Making Waves,’ Luke Daniels bridges the gap between traditional music and its contemporary descendants (ft. John Doyle, Mike McGoldrick and Aidan O’Rourke) and emerges with his reputation as an instrumentalist, a composer and an innovator considerably enhanced. An outstanding album.
A new eclectic mix featuring new tracks from Luke Daniels, Emma Gatrill, Yorkston Thorne Khan as well as music from Ursina, Nadine Khouri, Adam Torres, Sarah Olivier, Suzanne Schmid, Keto, Various Guises and more.
In the Tribute to William Hannah, Luke Daniels – best known for his Irish melodeon playing – channels energies in a different direction; exploring the overlooked legacy of William Hannah, a celebrated melodeon player and band leader of the 1920’s.
