Luke Hurley

Luke Hurley is an independent New Zealand guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was born in Kenya 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 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 were also influences. 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 festivals or busking at a city near you. He has recorded the equivalent of 8 albums of original music including 1 album of just instrumentals. He has also provided music for films and film projects. His typical sound is based on a 12 string guitar with a kind of blues meets world music style.