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"Sweet Freedom" CD - Released January 17, 2009

Buy CD and/or digital downloads at CDBABY - Click on the album cover below to access link.



You may go to www.myspace.com/lukeaustindaugherty to listen to some of the new songs from the "Sweet Freedom" CD
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Introduction to Luke:

Luke is an artist who deeply loves performing and puts his heart into sharing his music. As one who believes in collaboration and improvisation, he likes to keep things interesting for his audience. Playing acoustic and electric guitars, with harmonica and live loops, it makes for a great show. As a Pulitzer nominated poet, Momentum award winner and other songwriting award winner, he has released 6 indie label CDs and published 3 books of poetry. He has played from Indianapolis to Nashville, TN and back again. He's been from the coffee house to Conseco Fieldhouse and played from venues that featured other indie's to Bruce Springsteen. He has come a long way, but there is still work to do. And he has more in his heart that has to get out. A devoted Christian, who doesn't fit the industry's mold. As one put it at a concert at Madame Walker Theatre, "He's like a Holy Ghost Neil Young."
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Bio

"All real and mostly true." This is how Luke Austin Daugherty describes his songs of love, faith, war, human nature and just plain tellin' stories. "I feel that my lot in this big music machine is to be a real artist singing real songs that matter. If I never hit it big (whatever that means), I just want to make some difference to the people I'm in front of. I've made a lot of sacrifices to do this and I don't plan to give up any time soon."

Not only a singer/songwriter, but a poet, painter and storyteller, Luke Austin Daugherty pours the stuff of life into whatever vessel he is comfortable with. "There's something about being captured by a thought, feeling or moment when you can't hardly breathe until you've taken it captive in return. It's usually unexpected and happens in the strangest places. But if you don't respond, you've done humanity at least a small disservice. Everyone should have the opportunity to share in it. As for me, I try to put the cookies on the bottom shelf as much as possible and try not to make art, in whatever form, something for 'the elite'."

As an indie artist, Luke keeps a busy performing schedule along with being a crew leader for a international relocation company. "Hey, I just feel like a lot of the old blues-men of the last century. They would labor in the fields and then they would go burn down the juke joints at night or lift the rafters at church, because they couldn't not do it. It was in them. They stewed down the hardships and victories of life into songs and gave them to their small world. Music done that way comes from a more pure place in the heart. One that the industry's greed hasn't corrupted yet. I guess the only difference between them and me is I carry furniture and move folks for part of my living. I've had a lot of songs come from my travels, seeing the country, the people, missing my wife and kids and being so worn down I would have cried if no one was looking. I sometimes say it builds character in a joking way, but a lot of truth is spoken in jest."
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!! News !! News !! News !!
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Tenderness Tour 2009 - Luke's song "Lay Down in the Water" added to the compilation CD "Give a Girl a Chance" along with 18 other songs/artists. This tour is in support of Richard Propes' fundraiser to help agencies who assist people who suffer from child and domestic abuse. Click on the Tenderness Tour icon under Top Friends to learn more.

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"Sweet Freedom" CD Pre-release Oct.-Dec. 2008-Claddagh Irish Pub Downtown Indy
Release January 17, 2009 - Earth House Lockerbie UMC

Go to www.cdbaby.com/cd/ladaugherty for song clips.

The 7th project from this award winning indie singer/songwriter is colored by themes of freedom, faith, love, and challenging the status quo-it is like the music of Ben Harper, Dylan and Springsteen all shaking hands-CD packaging environmentally friendly.
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2008 Momentum Awards - International Competition

Luke nominated for 5 categories and in final 5 for "Blues Artist of the Year"

Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year - "Love, War & Metaphor." Song of the Year - "Lexi Danced," Acoustic Artist of the Year & Blues Artist of the Year.

!! Luke won 2007 Blues Artist of the Year and made it to Top 5 in 2008 !!

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!!Breathe 2008 Tour Announced!!

Luke along with 5 of the original 13 artists on the Breathe Compilation CD are coming together for 2008 Tour in Central Indiana from March - September. Check under Current Concerts for Luke's dates or click on the link below for all dates. This effort is sponsored by Faith, Hope & Love International, Minor Prophet Studio, CICSA and fotosbycheri to help local missions and local food banks.

Breathe 2008 Tour Artists:
Luke Austin Daugherty, Carey Germana, Kent Taylor, Cathy Howie, Carrie Revel, Joel Brovont.

Go to www.shoutlife.com/breathetour for more information or click on the avatar under my Top Friends below.

Luke won Faith, Hope & Love International's songwriter invitational. Luke's songs "Lexi Danced" and "Big, Big World" are featured on the 2007 release of "Breathe" compilation CD. Luke was in the top 4 finalists and they performed in July, 2007 at Conseco Fieldhouse and Monument Circle for FHL events. (www.fhlinternational.org)
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!!2008 Earthen Vessels Tour Announced!!

Luke will join many other artists for a Midwest Tour (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee)during July - September 2008. The Indiana tour stop is the weekend of July 19th...check out the calendar for details.

Go to www.earthenvesselstour.com, www.shoutlife.com/earthenvesselstour or www.myspace.com/earthenvesselstour for more information.
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Radio Play:
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!! Luke featured in March & April at Take12Radio...thanks Monty'man !!

http://www.sponsortosponsor.com/featured-artist.html




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!! March 13th - Luke's song "Old Friend I Never Knew" on KBCU CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SATURDAY NIGHT - 6 HOURS 6pm central til midnight.

...thanks Rockin Ron!!

A GREAT CHRISTIAN MUSIC RADIO SHOW playing artists you love plus playing new (and independant) artists you will love as well.

Go to - http://www.bethelks.edu/kbcu
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Month of January, 2008
Special Feature on WJCF

Luke Austin Daugherty
Greenfield, IN Radio
88.1FM
Connersville, IN Radio
104.5FM

Live interview Thursday, Jan. 10th, 7:30pm
4 songs in rotation all month

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Podcasts:

Massey's Music Productions added Luke's song "Old Friend I Never Knew" to their new "The Corner Church" Podcast. Click on their icon below to check it out.

Redbarn Entertainment's Hot Apple Pie Podcast featured 4 of Luke's songs in March, 2007. A fellow Shout Life member, Meade Skelton, is the podcast host and the theme song, "Cool Beans" was written by fellow artist Chris Lucus. Thank you to Ardith for her dedication to helping indie artists.
www.redbarnentertainment.com
http://hotapplepie.podbean.com/ The downloads are free.
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"Old Friend I Never Knew" -Tribute to Rich Mullins

!!The 10 year anniversary of the death of Rich Mullins is on September 19, 2007.!!

Luke's song "Old Friend I Never Knew" is a tribute song to Rich and is dedicated to all the singer/songwriters who become "friends" with their listeners even though they may never meet them...but they inspire them through their music. (Rich wrote a song called "Hello, Old Friend"... Luke's song is a response to this.)

Luke finished writing this song in his hotel room in March, 2006, the day before he sang it at the famous Bluebird Cafe' in Nashville, TN. This was one of the stops on Luke's "Brown and Blue Tour" to promote his new CD of the same name....thus, the reference in the song to "memories brown and blue."
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"Trying Times Blues" by Luke Austin Daugherty Jam Band - May 11, 2008 Indiana State Museum
(Timothy Hof, Andre' Quarles, Brian Borders, Brook Xiao)

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Luke singing "The Love Of God" at his Community Church of Mooresville.