LEAH DANIELS, Canadian Country Star Behind "Old Piano" and "One More Round" - Artist Spotlight

In today's Artist Spotlight, Brian brings us an incredible country artist from Scarborough, Ontario, LEAH DANIELS! This amazing independent artist has released two albums, 2015's "What It Feels Like" and 2018's "The Story". With a sound that can best be described as a mix between CARRIE UNDERWOOD and DANIELLE BRADBERY, Leah has won multiple awards, including the 2016 CRMA Factor Breakthrough Artist of the Year!

With phenomenal original songs like "One More Round", "Salt Water", "Your Kiss Is Killing Me", and Brian's favorite "Old Piano", along with outstanding covers such as BON JOVI's "I'll Be There For You", ELVIS' "Suspicious Minds", and ADELE's "Hello", Leah will have you consistently coming back for more!

To find out more information on this fantastic singer/songwriter, follow Leah Daniels online at:

https://www.leahdaniels.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeahDaniels
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahdanielsmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leahdaniels/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeahDaniels
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/129PzVaOhBc8XRK4Lzpt8K

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Biographical information on Leah Daniels from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Daniels):

Leah Daniels (born December 25, 1987) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. She is an independent recording artist. Her self-titled debut was released in November 2011 and her debut single was released in February 2012. She released her first music video titled "Suspicious Minds" on November 2, 2011 on CMT, Canada.

Daniels began performing as a young girl in choirs and singing competitions. Her first exposure to country music came at age 10 singing at the CNE Open Country singing contest. While attending school in Uxbridge, Ontario Leah began to perform in musicals. She performed roles as Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", Sandy in "Grease" and Anita in "West Side Story". Her first professional singing job was at a dinner theatre called, "Al Capone’s Birthday". Soon after this at age 18 Leah was hired to work as a singer/dancer in the shows "School of Rock" and "Twistin’ to the Sixties" at a theme park called Canada's Wonderland. Here Leah met and began to sing with the musicians who form her current band.

In 2005 Daniels studied musical theatre at Sheridan College and the following year she studied voice at Humber College. At this point in 2007 Leah left school to pursue her ambition of writing, recording and releasing her own original music. In 2008, she recorded and released her first 3-song Demo "No Escape". It was considered to be mostly pop/R&B but one song "Perfect World" stood out as almost having a country flavour. The positive feedback to "Perfect World" inspired Leah to focus on country music writing at this point.

In 2010, Daniels began to perform regularly as a country artist. She won the Durham Region Music Award for Country Artist of the Year. She also performed at the Havelock Country Jamboree alongside such music legends as Dwight Yoakam and Tanya Tucker. She followed this with a September 2010 appearance in the New Artist Showcase at the 2010 CCMA Music Week.

She began to build a motivated fan base on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube recording several music videos and posting them. Leah also began to write and record her debut CD with friend, musician and producer Sam Ellis. Sam is known as a member of the Hunter Hayes Band.

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