The IMC Magazine Issue 19 / September 2016 | Page 38

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Luke is a young artist / songwriter from the UK who’s starting to make a buzz with his songs.

In his relatively short career Luke has got to work with some of the finest producers in the industry including Steve Power (Robbie Williams, McFly, Andrea Bocelli…), Eric Rosse (Sara Bareilles, Tori Amos…), Ken Caillat (Fleetwood Mac, Colbie Caillat) who commented “Luke Potter is a great singer-songwriter” and Bleu who writes “Luke Potter writes ear-sticking songs that just won’t leave your brain!”

January 2013 saw the release of Luke’s EP, ‘One Day’ which met with a great critical reaction. It previewed three songs produced by Bleu (Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, Adam Lambert…) that were to also feature on his debut album, ‘So Sugar’ that was recorded over 3 separate writing and recording trips to LA.

In the last 18-24 months Luke has travelled extensively with writing trips to Sweden, Canada and, again in the USA, where he’s worked with some amazing collaborators.

He also did a short UK school tour and a small tour (10 shows) in the USA in July / August 2014 to a great reaction.

The ‘So Sugar’ album (CD, iTunes and all places digital) was self-released on November 18th, 2014 to a great critical reaction (see reviews section on his website at www.lukepottermusic.com ) and alongside it a video for the title track was also uploaded to YouTube.

And at the end of 2014 Luke played a set at The House of Blues in Orlando. This was very special as it was on the same stage that Luke had seen so many of his heroes perform (Goo Goo Dolls, Parachute, Ed Sheeran etc) and he received a great response. He’s since played at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool where he received a great reaction to his music!

LUKE POTTER