Daniela Mühleis & Band

Daniela Mühleis & Band

Short Biography

More than 25 TV-shows, appearances in Zurich’s "Hallenstadion", at Switzerland's largest open-air festival in St. Gallen as well as countless country-festivals in Switzerland and abroad are the milestones of Daniela Mühleis & Band's 20-year career. DM&B were the first (and so far only) Swiss country band to receive a grant from the cultural ministry of their hometown towards the production of the LP "Far Away".

1989 was a special year for the band: they celebrated their 10th anniversary. The same year, the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Culture invited DM&B to head-line at the Holansky kapr Country Music Festival. In 1990 DM&B released their CD "Animals". In 1992 they were invited to represent Switzerland at the Czechoslovakian international Porta-Country-Festival. In 1993 their CD "Better Life" was released. The same year, DM&B represented Switzerland at the international Visagino-Country-Festival in Lithuania.

In April 1994 they travelled to Malta to produce their first country video clip. In 1994 they also celebrated their 15th anniversary. In 1995 DM&B were invited to represent Switzerland at the international country festival in Zevenbergen / Holland as well as at the gigantic Mirande-Festival in the South of France where they played in front of approximately 100 000 fans. On November 1995 DM&B took part as musical guests in Albania's largest television- and media event, the "Miss Albania Show 95".

Their new CD "Open Minds" was released in April 1997 and has already received an SRI award for its musical quality as well as its booklet, lyrics and compositions. The American record company "Comstock Records" also released a promotion compilation which contains DM&B's song "Fairytales". This song appeared on position 3 in December 1997 in the New York Independent Charts. This resulted from reports from over 200 Country-Stations. The song "Honky Tonk Baby" was among the "Top 50 Country Music Radio Charts" of the "European Country Music Association" and was presented in the TV-Show "Record Row Review" from the "Entertainer Network Nashville". Not only in Europe, but also in the U.S.A. and even in Japan the CD got an excellent airplay.
The same year, the band had several appearences in Spain and played at the Festival Int. Country de la Cote d'Azur, South of France. In September 1997 "America's Premier Country Music Cyberzine" awarded DM&B their "No Bull Award" for outstanding Internet website of the month.

In early 1998 Daniela Mühleis was nominated (as the only Swiss) from the ECMA ("European Country Music Association") as "European Female Vocalist". This year DM&B participated again with great success at the Country-Music-Beach-Holidays in Spain.

On the 29th January 1999 the 20-year anniversary of DM&B took place. In February 1999 Daniela Mühleis has been informed that she is the 1999 winner of the coveted "International Rising Star Award", given by the NACMAI ("North America Country Music Association International"). Daniela is the first Swiss artist to receive the award. The recognition came for her song "Point of living" for which she wrote both music and lyrics.

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