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Biography

After ten years of waltzing his Matilda all over the world, busking on street corners and playing in dingy Irish Pubs, in 2002, Luke O’Shea, the Prodigal Son, returned home to establish his own band ‘Medicine Wheel’. With their first single ‘No Day Like Today’ they were signed to ABC/Universal Music and were finalists in the 2003 Golden Guitars and Industry Mo Awards. From then on it’s been a wild roller coaster ride of national and international tours, rodeos, BnS’s major festivals and live television appearances. With a string of number one and top ten singles on national radio and Foxtels Country Music Channel, Luke O’Shea and Medicine Wheel have been four times finalists in the Australia wide Music Oz Awards as well as the Independent TIARAS winning ‘Best Band’ in 2007. With the release of their second album ‘Listen to the Words’, they were up for Best Australian Independent Band/Duo and Best Australian Independent Album of the year. With ten songs and four videos from the last two albums being featured on over twenty different major compilations, Luke O’Shea has well and truly cemented his name and reputation as a high quality professional within the Australian Country Music scene. After establishing his own record company ‘As U Wish’, in 2007 he was selected to perform at the Australian Music Festival in Nashville and was signed to the publishing giant Aristo Media/ Goodland Group who represent such artists as Toby Keith and Shania Twain and with the release of his third album, the aptly titled ‘Prodigal Son,’ at this years Tamworth Country Music festival, the sky literally is the limit.

“Luke is a talent we need in this country not only for his music but for his understanding and vision”

Peter Clarke, Country Update, Nov 08.