Luke Sutherland
Luke Sutherland (born 1971) is a Scottish musician, producer,[1] and writer. He has played with bands such as Mogwai and Long Fin Killie, and has written books including Venus as a Boy.
Biography
[edit]Born in London, Sutherland grew up in Orkney and the town of Blairgowrie in Perthshire. While he was at the University of Glasgow, he and others formed the Scottish post-rock band Long Fin Killie, who were active from 1993 until 1998. The band recorded three albums for the independent label Too Pure: Houdini (1995), Valentino (1996) and Amelia (1998).[2] He then formed Bows, the band releasing two albums. Since 2000, he has been an occasional and touring member of Mogwai, playing violin and more recently guitar.[3] He also sings on and has a writing credit for the track "Mexican Grand Prix".[4] He also sings with a band called Music A.M. with Stefan Schneider and Volker Bertelmann, releasing three albums: A Heart & Two Stars (2004), My City Glittered Like a Breaking Wave (2005) and Unwound From The Wood (2006). Sutherland formed the band Rev Magnetic in 2018.[citation needed]
Sutherland's debut novel, Jelly Roll, was nominated for the Whitbread Prize in the first novel category in 1998. His novella Venus As A Boy (2004) talks extensively about Sutherland's own childhood in Orkney, where he and his sister were the sole African children.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Jelly Roll, Anchor (1998)
- Sweetmeat, Anchor (2002)
- Venus as a Boy, Bloomsbury (2004)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Recorded by John Cummings and Luke Sutherland Mixed by Luke Sutherland". bandcamp. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ Andy Wood (2002). "Sutherland, Luke". In Alison Donnell (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
- ↑ "Luke Sutherland". The British Blacklist. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "Mexican Grand Prix". Discogs. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ Luca Prono (2005). "Luke Sutherland". Contemporary Writers. British Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
External links
[edit]- Biography, British Arts Council
- Bows/Lukesutherland Music, MySpace Music Page
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