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Georgia singer / songwriter Dalton Dover has kicked off 2024 with a return to his roots, debuting a heartfelt cover of John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’, released via UMG Nashville/Mercury Records/Snakefarm UK.
“Growing up, this one was a fun singalong, but now I like to play it when I’m feeling a little homesick while I’m touring,” shares Dover. “It’s a little reminder that, soon enough, I’ll be on those roads that lead me back home.”
LISTEN TO ‘TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS’ | HERE
Named a Tidal Artist to Watch 2024, Pandora 2023 Artist to Watch, an Amazon Music 2023 Breakthrough Artist to Watch: Country Class and a member of CMT’s LISTEN UP 2023 Class, Dover recently released an eight-song collection, Never Giving Up On That, featuring his most-added US radio debut, ‘Giving Up On That’. The official music video premiered with CMT, CMT Music, CMT.com and Paramount’s Times Square Billboard. Directed by Tristan Cusick, the clip was filmed near Dover’s hometown in Rome, Georgia. Watch it HERE.
Dover’s first headline US club tour, the Never Giving Up On That Tour, kicks off on Feb. 23rd.
About Dalton Dover
Lauded by MusicRow as a “master country talent”, Dalton Dover’s debut US radio single, ‘Giving Up On That’, was the most-added track at US Country Radio upon its debut with 60 first week adds, and it can be found on his latest EP, Never Giving Up On That, featuring eight tracks including ‘Night To Go’, ‘Baby I Am’, ‘Hear About A Girl’ and more.
Dover made his Grand Ole Opry debut in December 2022, followed by his international debut in 2023 at C2C: Country to Country Festival’s CMA Songwriters Series, before joining Chase Rice on the Way Down Yonder Tour in the US. By the age of 16, Dover had picked up a guitar and started teaching himself to play, yet it was his grandfather who turned him on to country music – in particular, artists such as Keith Whitley, Rhett Akins, Joe Diffie and Steve Wariner.
Performances at local bars soon followed along with sharing covers of some of his favourite songs on TikTok. It was there he caught the ear of producer Matt McV and A&R veteran and founder of Droptine, Jim Catino, who quickly signed him up. His debut track, ‘You Got a Small Town’, produced by McV, quickly garnered critical acclaim from Billboard, MusicRow, Country Now and Wide Open Country. With his debut and its follow-up, ‘Baby I Am’, earning notable playlisting, Dover was named a Spotify Hot Country 2022 Artist to Watch along with a spotlight as Billboard’s February Country Rookie of the Month and a nod for MusicRow’s 2022 Discovery Artist of the Year.
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