Jack Lukeman on the Half Moon, Kildare's rock prowess, and playing with Jools
In an Irish music scene fuelled by hype, Jack Lukeman is an anomaly. When the Athy, Co Kildare singer broke through in the mid-1990s it was thanks to word of mouth. Starting at the Da Club off Grafton Street in Dublin and then later, the Half Moon in Cork, he became a sensation one convert at a time. Nearly 30 years on, Lukeman continues to inhabit a world of his own devising, with music that segues from crooning pop to heartfelt acoustica and with a fanbase that has stayed by his side through times happy and sad.
“It started in the Half Moon at the back of the Opera House,” says Lukeman, taking time out from a busy national tour celebrating 25 years in music that will include a visit to his old Leeside stomping ground at Emmet Place on April 1.
