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 Atlantic Canada for the past three years. Over this time, he has shared the stage with artists such as Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays, Jeremy Fisher, and David Myles In 2013-2014, Dave recorded his anticipated debut album “No Pressure, No Diamonds” with producers/collaborators Carleton Stone, Gordie Sampson and Dylan Guthro. Due for release in April, 2014, this album features a collection of well crafted catchy folk-pop songs written over the past three years with a handful of some of Atlantic Canada's finest songwriters. Writers featured on “No Pressure, No Diamonds" include Mo Kenney, Gordie Sampson, Carleton Stone and Dylan Guthro to name a few. 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 two years. Through this opportunity, he has been fortunate enough to collaborate with the province's finest writers: Gordie Sampson, Steven MacDougall, Mo Kenney, Carleton Stone, Molly Thomason, among others. Recently with the up-coming release of his debut album, Dave has been selected to showcase in the Breakout Stage mentorship program at the East Coast Music Awards 2014. "Heartfelt, energized and emotional, Dave Sampson has obvious natural talent as a Maritime singer-songwriter. Recommended for fans of Joel Plaskett, David Myles and Hawksley Workman. " - Grant Lawrence (CBC, Searchlight) “Dave Sampson writes a great, heartfelt pop song and has a warm, inviting, laid-back style that will no doubt appeal to a wide cross-section of people. It’s not hard to imagine his music lighting up the radio and drawing crowds” – the Scope, St. John’s, NL