Photo by: Emma Lynch
On her first trip to Denver, up-and-coming country music artist, Danielle Peck took the stage and wowed the audience at the city’s hottest country bar, The Grizzly Rose.
The enthusiastic and down-to-earth singer is famous for supporting the empowerment of women with songs such as “Findin’ a Good Man.” With her raw twang and belty voice, Peck is top notch in comparison to her predecessors in the genre.
Hailing from Nashville, Peck, and her band rocked the stage on Friday, delivering tunes from the likes of Tammy Wynette and Johnny Cash. Peck played three new hits from her upcoming album that is to be released in January. The crowd received with open arms everything Peck threw at them, including drums sticks and guitar picks. The humble artist also spoke of her travels and the trials she endured on the road. She thanked her fans, and even tapped into her family life with a song she wrote for her brother.
Peck’s powerful, smooth voice could be heard far and wide.. Hundreds of country music fans flocked to the small, but coveted stage (to which Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, and Merle Haggard are no strangers) as Peck performed recent hits from her self-titled album.
Anthems, such as “Bad for Me” and “Isn’t That Everything,” induced rowdy fist shaking and joyous screams. In keeping with her rock image, Peck assured the audience she would be singing one romantic song for couples, but no more. The rest were odes to influential women, freedom and fun.
Peck made her audience feel at home, exuded an incredible stage presence of an old pro.
With fans chanting for more, Peck and her band performed one great encore with a cover of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.”
Peck reappeared about an hour later to sign autographs and talk with fans. She told the Clarion reporter in the audience she was pleased to be reviewed in a college paper.
Putting a country flair on the ideals of the Spice Girls, Peck promotes strong women to the extremes and will undoubtedly make it to the top, one girl country anthem at a time.
