VOODOO EXPERIENCE | WORSHIP THE MUSIC | OCT 30 / OCT 31 / NOV 1, 2009

Hailing from Cadilac, Michigan, Luke Winslow-King is a singer-songsmith, multi-instrumentalist, and composer on a journey to become a true musical expeditionary. Inspired by New Orleans ragtime, impressionism, delta and country blues, poetry, folk, and classical music, his sound is both rustic and elegant.

Beginning his studies in classical and jazz guitar at Interlochen Arts Academy, King studied music theory and composition at the University of New Orleans, taking classes in piano, conducting, and orchestration. He sang tenor at the UNO Honors Chorale and was awarded an ambassador scholarship to study Czech classical music at St. Charles University in Prague.

Back on the streets of the Crescent City he learned gospel and jazz standards accompanying John Boutte, picked up bottleneck guitar from blues maestro Roberto Luti, and memorized an entire repertoire of traditional jazz tunes playing with The Loose Marbles Jazz Band and the legendary Lisa Driscoll. In New York City, King studies composition privately and recorded with Grammy nominated avant-garde composer "Blue" Gene Tyranny, attended Jack Hardy's legendary songwriter's circle, performed in John Sinclair's Blues Scholars, and studied poetry with his writing partner Ji Un Choi who holds degrees in poetry from the University of Virginia and New York University.

For the past several years, King has been performing solo concerts in the U.S. and Europe, continually reinventing himself and experimenting with his talents in composition, guitar, piano, orchestration, improvisation and performance.