Biography
Danielle Doyle is an American acoustic-folk singer-songwriter who first emerged on the Boston music scene at the beginning of 2009.
Doyle was named a 2009 Mountain Stage New Song Youth Winner, won the weekly Lizard Lounge Open Mic challenge, and has played supporting slots including opening for Loudon Wainwright III, Dawn Landes, and Heather Masse (of The Wailin’ Jennys).
Her album, "The Cartographer’s Wife" was released in 2010. For the album, Doyle enlisted friends and fellow Boston area musicians to play on the album, including singer-songwriters Beth Colegrove and Meg Smallidge, members of Garlic & Moonshine, and John Nolan (of Flightless Buttress) who produced the album. The ten tracks were recorded live over three days at the Hi n’ Dry Recording Studio in Somerville, MA.
“I just stumbled upon Danielle Doyle, and she’s really good – smooth, sultry vocals in the alt-country style, with soulful and mysterious acoustic guitar and drums accompaniment… the music supports and enhances the vocals; never overshadows or obscures. Lovely… her songwriting seems to come from a deep, personal place…” – Boston Survival Guide
"Doyle's vocal's are warm, dark, yet very smooth. There is no mistaking her signature sound. Not far from Natalie Merchant's sound and style, Danielle Doyle has a special, utterly unique voice that I could listen to at length. I stumbled across The Cartographer's Wife on Amazon and I knew at once this was somethng special, another good find that we bloggers live for. These ten original songs are intelligent and well-crafted (listen no further than the cover title), yet it's the overall soundscape that one is drawn to. The lyrics come around on repeated listenings. There is something about Doyles vocals, blending with the terrific acoustic arrangements; the listener is drawn to the mood set by the music. There isn't a bad track on this recording. Highly recommended." -Call it Folk
"Although The Cartographer's Wife for a debut album remarkably homogeneous and balanced, there are five numbers above the already high jump. Opener My Bird (with the realistic and optimistic phrase "My bird, my bird has a broken thing / My bird, my bird's got broken wings / But it still flies'), title track The Cartographer's Wife, the fabulous and jazzy sounding Sky, The goose calling Roots / Wings and the beautiful Lake Erie are among the most beautiful thing I've heard in recent months. And given the many good CDs lately published, that alone is an achievement in itself. A name to remember: Danielle Doyle. A picture to love: The Cartographer's Wife." -Alt Country Forum (The Netherlands)
"Danielle Doyle… is often as entertaining in between songs as she is when playing them… Her quirky, quick-witted humor sets everyone at ease and then her songs, with brilliant imagery and soft-spoken honesty blew us away." – Tom Bianchi
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