Luke Sutherland

Luke Sutherland (born 1971) born in London, brought up in Scotland. A full-time member of two independent bands and an occasional member of Mogwai, active also as a music producer,{{Cite web |url=https://revmagnetic.bandcamp.com/ |title=Recorded by John Cummings and Luke Sutherland Mixed by Luke Sutherland |website=bandcamp |access-date=2019-08-15}} he has also published a number of written works.

Biography

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).{{cite book|author=Andy Wood|editor=Alison Donnell|title=Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&pg=PA309|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70025-7|page=309|chapter=Sutherland, Luke}} 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.{{cite web|title=Luke Sutherland|url=http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/thebritishblacklist/luke-sutherland/|publisher=The British Blacklist|accessdate=29 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201054248/http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/thebritishblacklist/luke-sutherland/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=dead}} He also sings on and has a writing credit for the track "Mexican Grand Prix".{{cite web|title=Mexican Grand Prix|date=7 February 2011 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Mogwai-Mexican-Grand-Prix-Slight-Domestic/release/2665423|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=29 January 2014}} 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 has recently formed the band Rev Magnetic.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02D2M281812627210 |title=Luke Sutherland |accessdate=11 December 2008 |work=Contemporary Writers |publisher=British Council |year=2005 |author=Luca Prono |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015809/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02D2M281812627210 |archivedate=1 October 2007 }}

Bibliography

Jelly Roll, Anchor (1998)
Sweetmeat, Anchor (2002)
Venus as a Boy, Bloomsbury (2004)

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015809/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02D2M281812627210 Biography], British Arts Council
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071117020027/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile Bows/Lukesutherland Music], MySpace Music Page

Category:1971 births

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow

Category:Anglo-Scots

Category:Musicians from London

Category:People from Orkney

Category:Gay singers

Category:Gay songwriters

Category:Gay novelists

Category:Scottish LGBTQ novelists

Category:Scottish LGBTQ singers

Category:Scottish LGBTQ songwriters