"...He writes and sings from the heart and this you can feel from the very first listen and the reason why ‘Luke O’Shea and Medicine Wheel’ are my favorite country act in Australia"

Bob Anthony Jnr, Editor, Country Update.

Picture driving along a desolate dry Australian Highway where the intense, white, Southern light, bleaches and bakes the endless fields of nothing…

See now the type of people living in these surrounds, their stories, struggles, humour and honesty.

And if you were to try to create a sound scape for them,,,  you would find it in ‘Listen to the Words’ the award winning album from ‘Luke O’Shea & Medicine Wheel’.

Luke O’Shea has toured constantly for the last fifteen years, waltzing his Matilda all-over. Be it following the magical Native American Indian ‘Pow-Wow’ circuit throughout Canada and the US, up in the remote Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander communities of Far North Queensland or simply busking on the streets and pubs of Ireland, England, France, Japan, Bermuda… music is the beautiful rollercoaster ride that Luke and the boys of ‘Medicine Wheel’ are currently riding up and up and up.

“Listen to the words!” Was his father’s constant retort when Luke, as a child, would plead with him to play something other than ‘country music’. Years later with the wisdom of hindsight, those songs and the rich stories within Country music have fuelled him on to write and perform real stories and songs from the heart, that attempt to console and relate to the listener, allowing the wonderful world of the imagination to open up and take flight.

In 2002, ‘Luke O’Shea and Medicine Wheels’ first single ‘No Day Like Today’, the title track from their debut album, led to them being signed with ABC/Universal Music Australia and managed to get them a ticket as finalists, to the 2003 ‘Golden Guitars’ (as Best Band/Duo) and then, in the same year, to the entertainment industry’s prestigious ‘Mo’ Awards.

Luke O’Shea & Medicine Wheel and their latest aptly named album ‘Listen to the Words’, are stunning audiences and critics everywhere as they try to define and categorize their unique songs and sound. Their last single ‘Ragged Bloody Heroes’ hit the No.1 position on CMC, pushing aside major artists like Tim McGraw and John Mellencamp and their last four singles have all entered the National Country Music Charts ‘Top 10’.

In 2005, 2006 and 2007 they have been top five finalists in the nationwide ‘Music Oz’ Awards for Best Country Act. In 2007 they won the coveted TIARA Award for Best Country Band as well as achieving Top 4 Finalists in 2006 and 2007 for ‘Australian Independent Group/Duo of the Year’ and ‘Australian Independent Album of the Year’ at the Mildura Independent Music Awards.

Luke O’Shea and the members of Medicine Wheel ~  due to their constant touring, exciting live shows and well crafted songs, have gained ‘the must see’ reputation at Country Music Festivals throughout Australia and abroad.

Instrumentation
Luke O'Shea (Guitarist / vocalist, Sydney NSW)

Phil Doublet (Guitarist, Christchurch, NZ)
Steve Kelly (Bass, Perth, WA)

David Sleishman (Drums, Sydney, NSW)

Making Memories

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please email Dierdre Le Blang (aka Dee) at

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