Whether music chose Lauren Duski or she chose music, what is certain is that the country’s rising star is starting to become a force in the music industry. She was born into a family of doctors, but managed to find her voice and since then has been able to turn heads and win heads. She is a singer and songwriter known as the 12th season runner-up of The Voice. Country singer Blake Shelton couldn’t be more right to call her “country music’s missing piece.”
Duski began performing on stage at the age of 7. Growing up in Gaylord, Michigan, she toured and performed classic country hits with the JR Country Band, opening for country. She was named one of Country Music Television’s (CMT) Next Women of Country and released an EP titled Girl from the Midwest in 2019. With an ever-growing fan base and projects that include a second EP in 2019, this is just the beginning for this musician. Below is everything you need to know about his life and career.
Lauren Duski Biography
The Midwestern Girl was born on August 12, 1991 in Gaylord, Michigan. She now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Her father, Dr. Edward Duski is a dentist, as are his wife and Lauren’s mother, Dr. Janis Duski. Both were classmates at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. The duo got married shortly after graduation and went on to open a practice. They have two children, Lauren and her younger brother who is studying to become a dentist.
Growing up, Lauren Duski and her brother were always at their parents’ dentist. As a child, she sometimes pretends to be a dentist working on a patient. Then their office felt like a second home. She did administrative work there during the summer breaks. Having been raised by dentists, you’d think she would grow more and more into following her parents’ path, but Lauren forged her own path early on. She started singing as soon as she could talk, a fact her parents were never able to explain. For them, the family mystery is that none of them are musical. At the age of 7, she was already singing karaoke in public.
Her mother enrolled her in a music class to hone her skills when she discovered that music was her calling. Lauren Duski learned to play the piano and her parents bought her her first guitar when she was nine years old. Additionally, she traveled throughout Michigan to open up for country act tours.
In college, Lauren began posting videos of her original songs and cover songs on YouTube. Despite her passion for music, she believed that becoming a dentist would help her have a greater impact on people’s lives, just like her compatriots. In this capacity, she took a break from music to attend the University of Michigan, where she majored in biopsychology, neuroscience, and cognition. Nevertheless, she returned to music in her first year after having the opportunity to open for an artist.
At this point, she discovered that she could continue to affect lives by doing something other than dentistry, in this case music. Surprisingly, when she told her parents about her decision to get into music, they were happy that she had finally found her voice and pledged their full support.
His rise to stardom
After graduating from college, LaurenDuski moved to Nashville in 2014 to become a country singer. She spent her time singing, writing songs, networking and performing, hoping to one day catch the attention of someone in the industry. In 2017, she got the attention she deserved.
Lauren had the opportunity to audition for The Voice season 12. During her blind audition, she impressed the judges; Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani with her beautiful voice. She chose Shelton to be her trainer.
She qualified for the final but lost to another contender, Chris Blue, to finish second. She went on to sign with William Morris Agency, as well as record labels Bottoms Up Records and Universal Motown Records Group. Since The Voice, she has had a working relationship with her coach and has released an album. The complete collection of season 12 (The Voice Performance) in 2017, an EP, Girl from the Midwest (2019), named one of CMT’s Next Women of Country, and also toured with radio personality Bobby Bones
What you need to know about Lauren Duski
She started performing on stage as a child
Although growing up in a family of doctors, LaurenDuski managed to find her voice. She started singing as soon as she could talk and by the age of 7 she was already singing karaoke in public. As a middle schooler, Lauren took to YouTube to post videos of her original songs and covers. Additionally, she toured Northern Michigan, where she performed such legends as Randy Travis and Bill Anderson, as well as his JR Country Band.
His first EP is a hymn to his childhood
Growing up in the small town of Gaylord, Michigan, Lauren Duski felt the need to honor her Midwestern roots. So in her debut EP, Midwestern Girl, she did just that. Midwestern Girl is a five-song project consisting of tracks like A Midwestern Girl’s Journey which she says is an ode to her childhood.
Another song, The Weather is a tribute to his late grandmother who passed away in December 2017. The song takes its title from his grandfather’s response, “How’s the weather in Nashville?
Duski prepares for his first tour
In the fall of 2019, the girl from the Midwest would like her first tour alongside Lukas Graham. She continued to write songs and hopes to release another single and a second EP before the end of the year.
Who is Lauren Duski Dating?
While on The Voice, one of her top supporters was Shane Miller. They made us believe they were an item, going through their social media posts. Although their dating date is unclear, they emit streams of happiness and have a lot in common.
Miller was born in western Maryland but moved to Nashville, Tennessee to work as an artist, mirroring his wife. He is also a musician. It is not known if they are still a couple.