Each time, I wonder how on earth Luke Jackson will surpass his previous album, but he manages to do so. With ‘Bloom’, he does so spectacularly, with dramatic moments and some hugely impressive storytelling.
Luke Jackson is incontrovertibly one of the greatest performers and songwriters to which this country has given birth and Of This Time speaks not just to the ‘here and now’ but to the ‘eternal and the universal’.
Journals, the latest album from Luke Jackson, demonstrates once again why he is one of the most distinctive voices, both literally and figuratively, on the contemporary folk scene. It’s time this was more widely recognised.
Luke Jackson announces his fifth studio album ‘Journals’, to be released on November 8 and shares video for the album’s first single ‘Baby Boomers’ – “I channelled my inner Billy Bragg and came up with this song!”
Solo | Duo | Trio is the next best thing to actually having been there and a persuasive reminder that, whatever format he works in, Luke Jackson is one of the most dynamic and exciting live performers of his generation.
The fourth release from Canterbury-based singer-songwriter Luke Jackson reveals an artist that continues to grow in maturity as he fine tunes his craft. With Tall Tales and Rumours he delivers another winner.
Rob captures in words and images a captivating set and a fantastic evening of acoustic music at Kenilworth Arts Festival featuring Rachel Sermanni, Luke Jackson and Kitty Macfarlane.
Part Three – Best Folk Music Albums of 2015 including: Steve Tilston, Barrule, Blazin Fiddles, Boo Hewerdine, Kyle Carey, Peatbog Faeries, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Seckou Keita, Urban Folk Quartet and more
When compiling a list of the most talented young singer-songwriters currently performing on the acoustic/roots scene, it’s never too long before Luke Jackson’s name appears. Rob caught up with Luke recently for this special Photo-Interview.
Under a new Union Music Store project a number of prominent folk singers give their response to the 2015 election result with a new album of contemporary protest songs. Listen to one of them with the new video from Lucy Ward for ‘Bigger Than That’.
Luke Jackson’s latest album ‘This Family Tree’ is short but perfectly formed, sharply and sympathetically observed and emotionally involving. Further evidence that Jackson is shaping up to become one of the enduring major figures in the world of contemporary folk.
