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Luke Hurley is an independent New Zealand guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was born in Kenya on the 31st of August, 1957 and moved with his family to Gore in Southland, New Zealand, when aged 12. He achieved a degree of early success on student radio with the song “Mona Lisa” in the early 1980s at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Growing up in Kenya and Zanzibar exposed Luke to Arabic, African and Indian styles of music which have influenced him to this day. Mississippi John Hurt, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius and Chick” Corea also influenced. Luke’s current style of playing has also been described as “Indian tabla meets Irish rock” His song “Albatross” is one of many much-loved show stoppers in his 25+ years worth of repertoire. His idiosyncratic but perceptive songs are admired by many and in demand for recording by other artists such as Tracie De Jong who has recorded his “Fait Accompli” song. He is now based in Auckland and has toured with artists such as Michelle Shocked and Marianne Faithfull but is more likely to be found at fringe festivals or even busking. He has self-recorded the equivalent of 8 albums since the early 1980s. The High Risk album from 2000 features 17 songs recorded at some of Auckland's best sound studios. The album was reviewed by Liz Barry who said it “…captivates the listener with gentle melodies, exquisite guitar technique and simple yet sometimes complex rhythms.”