Luke O’Shea feels a strong connection to the land. As a teenager and throughout his early twenties, he escaped Sydney’s sheltered Sutherland Shire to join the throng of back packers bumming around Australia, New Zealand, North America, Asia and Europe. During what Luke describes as ‘his glorious wasted years’, he developed a fascination and respect for these varied lands and their unique people, absorbing their many stories and universal truths.
In subsequent years as a touring musician his passion deepened.
In 2012, Luke stole his wife and three children away in a beat up old caravan to explore inland Australia and the awe-inspiring ‘Top End’, proudly passing on the gypsy gene. Three years later with the eldest approaching her mid-teens, he and his wife seized a rapidly closing window of opportunity to spend another four months together traveling through the ancient Kimberly breathing in the spacious and powerful beauty of North Western Australia.
AWARDS:
2018
CMAA Country Music Awards Of Australia
• Heritage Song Of The Year – Never Never Land
• Video Clip Of The Year – Never Never Land
2017
CMAA Country Music Awards Of Australia
Heritage Song Of The Year – The Old Man’s Shed
2015
CMAA Country Music Awards Of Australia
Male Artist Of The Year – Sing You Up
APRA Song Of The Year – Three Brothers (The Great War)
Heritage Song Of The Year – Three Brothers (The Great War)
2014
CMAA Country Music Awards Of Australia
APRA Song Of The Year – Lady Of The Land
Heritage Song Of The Year – Lady Of The Land
2014
Southern Stars Independent Country Music Awards
Album of the Year – Sing You Up
Male Vocalist of the Year – Three Brothers (The Great War)
Single of the Year – Three Brothers (The Great War)
2013
CMAA Country Music Awards Of Australia
Heritage Song Of The Year – The Drover’s Wife
Australian Bush Laureates Awards – Golden Gumleaf
Contemporary Australian Song Of The Year
2012
Southern Stars Independent Country Music Awards
Album of the Year – The Drover’s Wife
Male Vocalist of the Year – The Drover’s Wife
Independent Artist of the Year – The Drover’s Wife
Heritage Track of the Year – The Drover’s Wife