Sug Daniels
Sug Daniels | |
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 Daniels performing at Motorco Music Hall in Durham, North Carolina in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Danielle Johnson Smyrna, Delaware, U.S. |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Contemporary R&B Contemporary folk |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | vocals guitar ukulele |
| Labels | Don Giovanni Records |
| Website | sugdaniels.com |
Danielle Johnson, known professionally as Sug Daniels, is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Early life
[edit]Johnson was born in Delaware and grew up in Smyrna.[1][2] She was raised in the Southern Baptist faith but left after coming out as queer.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Johnson is a singer-songwriter and combines elements of folk music and rhythm and blues in her work.[5] She previously was a rapper and singer in the musical projects Hoochi Coochi and FlowCity before embarking on a career as a solo artist.[4][3]
In 2022, she released the single "Lightning In A Bottle" with John Faye.[1] In 2023, she released the single "When I'm Gone" with Don Giovanni Records.[1][6] Daniels toured and opened for The Black Opry Revue, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Molly Tuttle, Adeem the Artist, and William Elliott Whitmore.
Her debut studio album is scheduled to be released in 2025.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]She lives in Philadelphia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sug Daniels".
- ^ Smith, Shaun (August 14, 2024). "Episode 40 - Sug Daniels". The High Note.
- ^ a b "Meet Sug Daniels". canvasrebel.com.
- ^ a b "Sug Daniels | Grey Matter". www.greymatter.fm.
- ^ "Live Sessions". Live Sessions.
- ^ "Paisley Fields, Sug Daniels, and Sean Barna kick off their journey to Texas at Ortlieb's". WXPN | Vinyl At Heart.
- ^ "Sug Daniels". sugdaniels.com.
- ^ Miller, Ellen. "Sug Daniels and friends bring a stellar school night hang to Johnny Brenda's". WXPN | Vinyl At Heart.
- Living people
- 21st-century American singer-songwriters
- 21st-century folk singers
- African-American former Christians
- African-American LGBTQ people
- African-American women singer-songwriters
- American contemporary R&B singers
- American folk-pop singers
- American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters
- American women folk singers
- Don Giovanni Records artists
- Former Baptists
- LGBTQ people from Delaware
- LGBTQ people from Pennsylvania
- LGBTQ singer-songwriters
- People from Smyrna, Delaware
- Singers from Delaware
- Singers from Philadelphia
- Songwriters from Delaware