Nashville recording artist Daniel Christian has won two National Country Music Festival awards, and has earned seven Omaha Entertainment Award nominations, including Best Alternative/Indie Artist, Best Singer-Songwriter, Best Christian/Gospel, and Artist of the Year. His debut album, I Am Merely Sand, was released in 2007. The album includes the song “New Sun Rising,” which charted on the International Association of Independent Recording Artists’ (IAIRA) Top 100.
Daniel was a high school English teacher for 5 years before making music his full-time occupation in 2008. In 2009, Daniel joined the roster of performers making themselves available to entertain soldiers overseas. The same year, he was selected to perform at “Born to Play,” an event spanning North America, which set the record for largest simultaneous acoustic music concert of all time.
Daniel Christian is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and the Nebraska Arts Council. He is also a founding member of Nebraska’s chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), and in 2007, he helped compose the school song for Johnson County Central High School in his hometown of Tecumseh, Nebraska. The Lincoln Journal-Star says that the song creates “a unity between the school and its community of patrons. The lyrics pay homage to what had been but also focuses on what is now — and what will be. It focuses on unity, loyalty and pride in the new school.”
Daniel continues to share his music across the nation. He has performed for sold-out audiences at Nashville’s renowned Bluebird Cafe, and Atlanta’s famed Eddie’s Attic. His diverse experience with a variety of projects has allowed him to entertain crowds at Disneyland & Walt Disney World, on the Warner Bros. cruise line, in the Bahamas, and on many festival stages, including Country Stampede in Manhattan KS, as well as Red Gorilla Music Festival and the annual South By SouthWest (SXSW) Tribute to legendary songwriter Freddy Powers in Austin TX. Daniel has opened shows for internationally recognized artists such as: The Fixx, Gary Allan, Devon Allman’s Honeytribe, Chris Cagle, Andy Griggs, Martina McBride, Montgomery Gentry, and Sawyer Brown! Daniel’s anticipated new album, Hold Your Breath, was released in the spring of 2010, and featured on Mike Flynn’s “The Folk Sampler” program on NPR.
Daniel’s third studio album, Speak, was produced by Andrew Osenga (The Normals, Caedmon’s Call), and released early in 2013. The album features the song, “Dandelion,” selected from thousands of entries as one of ten “Inspirational” finalists in the 14th Annual Great American Song Contest.
