"Daniel's voice is engaging and distinctive and I love it! Daniel's love of life comes to life in this song - an uplifting ode to hope." Elissa Lansdell, Former host of CMT (Country Music Television) Canada, 2014.
"Terrific intellectual property. Good on ya - great song." Ronnie King, The Stampeders – recipient of the Socan Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014.
"Daniel has some really wonderful folk-rock, with a bit of a country influence that gets into your head and refuses to leave... and you really won't want it to" Head Case Radio (Seattle, Washington) Jan. 2010.
“This is folk guitar virtuosity at its finest” Cashbox Magazine (Canada) Oct. 2011.
About Daniel Casavant.
Daniel has composed music since taking up the acoustic guitar at eight. By 15, he began playing the piano. Stylistically influenced by American musicians, yet barely out of his teens, he had a great desire to discover the roots of the music he loved. So, he hitchhiked to New Orleans and Nashville seeking out jam sessions with local talents, while absorbing all the knowledge these veteran musicians had to share.
In 2009, Daniel realized his musical dream with his first studio album Nine at the Time. His rich, haunting voice met with critical acclaim including a rave review in Cashbox Canada. Soul Reunion, Daniel’s second album launched in 2013 was so well received, he landed a Cashbox Canada cover story and a link on the Cashbox website in the US. (http://www.cashboxcanada.ca/4334/daniel-casavant-soul-reunion)
Daniel has received international airplay and appeared on Canadian and American television. Career highlights include two top 10-rated folk songs on the popular American Idol website in May 2006, six honorable mentions from The Billboard Magazine World Song Contest, top 10 Canadian finalist at The Mountain Stage Newsong Contest presented by Folk Alliance in 2008, and two songs semifinalist in both the U.K. Songwriting Contest and Mike Pinder’s Songwars in 2009.
The accolades continued. In 2010, Daniel was selected as one of the best independent artists by HeadCase Radio in Seattle, Washington, and artist of the month for March 2010 on Country Mania Radio inThe Netherlands. In 2011, his song “Travellin’ Girl” reached number one on Indie-Music’s website in the folk/rock category for 14 consecutive weeks and “I Will Be a Real Cowboy” was the fifth most listened to song on the all-genres charts for that entire year.
2014, inspired by the Celebration of a Mother’s Life Walking from the Clouds is the latest single from singer/songwriter Daniel Casavant. Originally written as a folk song by Kathryn Kates, in honour of her mother Claire’s 75th birthday. The lyrics won a grand prize from Cadbury’s Mother’s Day Contest.
This past September, Kathryn asked Daniel to enhance the melody and perform it for her mom. For inspiration, Daniel was scheduled to meet the Kates matriarch, but sadly four days before, she passed away.
To commemorate what would have been Claire’s 82nd birthday, Daniel surprised Kathryn with an upbeat adult contemporary, country influenced version of Walking from the Clouds. Kathryn truly feels Daniel captured her mother’s spirit through his uplifting melody and joyous vocals.