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b'Luke is a young artist / songwriter from the UK who\\u2019s starting to make a buzz with his songs.He cites \\u201cIris\\u201d by The Goo Goo Dolls as the song that, the moment he heard it playing, made him realize he wanted to be a songwriter.Shortly after, at the age of 17, Luke picked up an acoustic guitar for the first time and started writing songs not only about love but also about growing up.\\xa0Other artists that have influenced Luke include the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Jason Mraz, Fountains of Wayne, Goo Goo Dolls and the music of his father who played in bands way back when! In a short time he\\u2019s become a natural songwriter and emerging artist in the making. Music Week selected Luke as one of their ten \\u2018favorite\\u2019 new talents of 2011 and commented saying \\u201cLuke\\u2019s songs are beautiful.\\u201d Promo Only agrees saying it\\u2019s \\u201cexciting hearing such a fresh new and exciting talent like Luke, it\\u2019s perfect for US radio\\u201d.Luke\\u2019s debut radio single, \\u201cWe\\u2019re Alive\\u201d impacted several stations on the East Coast in the summer of 2012, having top 30 airplay in Boston and San Francisco with video rotation at Hard Rock Cafes (\\u201cGreat video\\u201d) around the world.January 2013 saw the release of Luke\\u2019s EP, \\u2018One Day\\u2019 which met with a great critical reaction. Luke has recorded an album of his songs with Bleu (Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers\\u2026) and is just waiting patiently for the right time to release them to everyone. In September 2013 he signed a management contract with WEG (Wright Entertainment Group) and Orrigami. Since then he\\u2019s been even busier with writing trips to Sweden, Canada and USA during 2014 where he\\u2019s worked with some amazing collaborators.He also did a short UK school tour and a small tour\\xa0in the USA in July / August 2014.With a great catalogue of songs ready to go Luke will be putting out new music and videos soon!'