Known for their powerful performances and well-crafted original
music, Dakota Pearl brings big country rock to every stage they
stand on. Their music combines new country, southern rock
and old-time classic country with lyrics about living life out on
the back roads, ripping up the honky-tonks and falling in love in
a small rural town. Hailing from the beautiful Pemberton Valley,
Dakota Pearl’s music is inspired by love, life and the
hard-working people that surround them.
Since the band’s formation in 2014, Dakota Pearl has performed
at Pemberton Music Festival, the Rockin’ River Festival, the
Music Centre in Nashville and the Kootenay Country Music
Festival. As well as played several packed shows at the
Cloverdale Rodeo, Gone Country and the Williams Lake
Stampede. Their authentic sound garnered the attention of
acclaimed producer Paul Shatto in 2017, leading to their BCCMA
nominated EP “Big Mountain Music” at Studio Downe Under.
Paul’s influence on the band and Adam’s ever-maturing
songwriting gave a new depth to the band’s sound as they
continued to wow audiences around the corridor and the lower
mainland.
The band returned to the studio in 2019, this time with studio
legend Jeff Johnson producing their EP “Nothing to Lose.” Their
two featured singles “Make it Loud” and” Nothing to Lose” made
it into rotation on country music stations across Canada and
subsequently were nominated for the 2020 BCCMA Awards.
Following on from this success, the band played one of the last
ever shows at the iconic Gabby’s Country Cabaret in February
2020 and won Battle of the Bands for a slot at Gone Country, the
Twins Cancer Fundraising country music festival in
Cloverdale. The momentum of this show was cut short in March
2020, as the world came to a stop with the pandemic but the
band finally got to rock the Gone Country stage in 2022, with
other performers such as Washboard Union, Karen Lee Batton,
JoJo Mason to name a few. They have remained active with
new material to record and are looking forward to a busy spring
&, summer ahead with a return to events like the Williams Lake
Stampede, Gone Country, The Roxy and a host of other shows.