Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Daniel was introduced to country music at an early age – his father played the banjo in the bluegrass group The Original Lonesome Road Travellers.
[3] He graduated from high school in 2004 and moved onto Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) to study Recording Industry Management with a concentration in music business.
Throughout the years, he has shared the stage with artists such as Anderson East, Jimmy Hall, Wet Willie, Casey James, Clare Dunn and Jericho Woods[3] and has worked in writing rooms with big names such as Kendell Marvel, Will Hoge, Seth Rentfrow, Brent Cobb, Channing Wilson and Rob Snyder.
It was well received: later that year, Rolling Stone praised Kyle Daniel as one of their "10 Country Artists You Need to Know in 2018"[2] and as the "Best Crunchy Rocker" on their "2018 AmericanaFest: Best Things We Saw at Nashville Event" list.
[7][8] In 2019, Daniel played in Country Music Week (CMW), including a performance with Brandy Clark at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire.
"[11] Rolling Stone describes Daniel as having "the gravely twang of Steve Earle with Chris Stapleton's range, plus bigger hooks" with his own "rich, melodic breed of baritone country.