Luke Daniels (born 1973)[1] is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer who grew up in Sonning Common, South Oxfordshire and is now based in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
[2] [3] Daniels grew up playing the melodeon in the Irish tradition and won the 1992 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award.
[3] Following the release of his first solo album Tarantella in 1994 he toured with a variety of artists including Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and De Dannan.
[4][5] Daniels is a multi-instrumentalist singer and composer, as well as button accordion he plays guitar, piano and tin whistle.
[6] He has toured with the Cara Dillon band,[7] with Syrian oud player Rihab Azar[8] and collaborated with celebrated English folk musician Nancy Kerr.