Luke Sutherland (born 1971) born in London, brought up in Scotland. A full-time member of two independent bands and an occasional member of

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, active also as a music producer, he has also published a number of written works.

Biography

Born in London, Sutherland grew up in

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and the town of Blairgowrie in Perthshire. While he was at the

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, he and others formed the Scottish

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band

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, who were active from 1993 until 1998. The band recorded three albums for the independent label

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: ''Houdini'' (1995), ''Valentino'' (1996) and ''Amelia'' (1998). He then formed Bows, the band releasing two albums. Since 2000, he has been an occasional and touring member of

, playing violin and more recently guitar. He also sings on and has a writing credit for the track "Mexican Grand Prix". 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. Sutherland's

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, ''Jelly Roll'', was nominated for the

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in the first novel category in 1998. His novella ''Venus As A Boy'' (2004) talks extensively about Sutherland's own childhood in

, where he and his sister were the sole African children.

Bibliography

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

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Biography

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