Dave Sampson writes heart-on-your-sleeve folk/pop songs, delivered with a captivating and authentic voice that could blow down a brick house. His knack for crafting simple ear-worms and his high-energy shows have been winning him fans across Canada. Collaborating and sharing the stage with some of Canada’s top exports such as Classified, Alan Doyle, Donovan Woods as well as being chosen as one of Canada’s Top 5 emerging artists by Canada’s Walk of Fame emerging program in 2016. Dave is sure to make waves with his anticipated 2019 Nashville recorded release, produced by grammy award winning songwriter Gordie Sampson.
In 2014, Dave released his anticipated debut album “No Pressure, No Diamonds” with producers/collaborators Carleton Stone, Gordie Sampson and Dylan Guthro (Port Cities). With the released of this album, “ No Pressure No Diamonds” was nominated for Music Nova Scotia's POP album of the year, reached #1 on the ECC charts twice and received national airplay throughout Canada. Dave was also invited to Germany in 2014 with songwriters Carleton Stone and Breagh Mackinnon to participate in a songwriting retreat followed by a tour.
Fast forward to 2015, Dave's song "No Pressure, No Diamonds" was picked up by Canadian Hip Hop icon Classified and released as his first single on the billboard charts via Atlantic Records. Currently still charting, the song also features hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg. Dave also received a songwriting nod on Classifieds “Oh No” track on his album “Grateful”, "Neon Dreams" singles “Find a Way” & "Love Experts" which made it to the billboard EDM top 40.
Dave has also been hand-picked as one of Nova Scotia's most promising young songwriters to take part in the prestigious, invitation-only Gordie Sampson Song camp for the past 10 years. Through this opportunity, he has been fortunate enough to collaborate with some of Canada’s most sought after writers: Gordie Sampson, Caitlyn Smith (Nashville),Mo Kenney, Donovan Woods, Port Cities and Neon Dreams.