THERE IS NOTHING TALLER THAN A SMALL TOWN GIRL WHO COMES TO CHANGE THE WORLD. DAKOTA DANIELLE IS HERE TO DO JUST THAT. 

SHE IS A  SMALL TOWN SENSATION WHO BROKE INTO THE COUNTRY SCENE WITH THE RELEASE OF HER DEBUT SINGLE “ONE CHURCH”, WHICH QUICKLY AND INDEPENDENTLY GARNERED OVER 65K STREAMS ON SPOTIFY. AFTER THE VIDEO PREMIERED ON THE COUNTRY NETWORK, DAKOTA FOLLOWED WITH THE RELEASE OF HER SOPHOMORE SINGLE "FOREVER."  

FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF HER MOTHER IN 2018, THE 27-YEAR-OLD DOVE INTO WRITING TO BEGIN HER HEALING PROCESS. THIS LED TO HER DEBUT EP MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER AND HER SINGLE “ONE DAY CLOSER TO YOU.”  DAKOTA FILLED HER MOTHER'S ROLE AS CARETAKER TO HER FATHER, WHO WAS  BATTLING CANCER. WHEN SHE LOST HER FATHER IN JUNE, HER LATEST TRACK TOOK  ON A PROFOUND MEANING. IT EVOKES A VISCERAL RESPONSE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS  EXPERIENCED LOSS. THE SELF-PENNED PROJECTS ARE A REFLECTION OF HER PAST AND TOUCH ON THE CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THESE CHALLENGING LIFE  EVENTS. 

THIS YEAR DAKOTA RELEASED HER UPTEMPO SINGLE “BACKROADS.” THE AUDIO EXCLUSIVE WAS PREMIERED BY THE BOOT. THE SONG QUICKLY REACHED OVER 5K STREAMS ON SPOTIFY. SHE CONTINUES TO WORK ON NEW MUSIC AND STRIVES TO MAKE HER HOMETOWN AND PARENTS PROUD. 

THE  TEUTOPOLIS, ILLINOIS NATIVE IS GRINDING TO MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF AND HER UNPARALLELED WORK ETHIC IS  EVIDENT WITH HER REGULAR APPEARANCES IN MUSIC CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. DAKOTA’S GOAL IS TO INSPIRE, SPREAD KINDNESS AND TELL HER STORY THROUGH HER DEEPLY PERSONAL, YET  CHARISMATIC MUSIC.

“I LIVE BY THE IDEA THAT WHEN WORDS FALL APART, MUSIC SPEAKS.”