Dakota Rain

Dakota Rain (born Doris Vera Albaquerque on 6 June, 1966) is an English recording artist, travel writer and exorcist. She was born in Poole, Dorset, UK.

Early Life
Little is known about Dakota's early life, other than when she wrote the song This Is My Home and gave a commentary that her parents lived in a large house in Dorset with a garden full of trees. Her parents are unkown to the public, but she claims to have several sisters including Just Ginger and that Edna Albaquerque is her birth mother. It has been reported by various psychiatrists in Dorset and London that they have had patients that look like Dakota Rain over the last 20 years, although none have been confirmed to be her.

The Wanderlust of the Weeping Wonderer (2009-2010)
Dakota claimed that in 2009 she travelled the world and in that time wrote songs about her experiences. 15 of these songs, logging her travel from her home in England to her place of conception in Dakota, USA, (via Europe, Africa and the Americas) made it onto her debut album: The Wanderlust of the Weeping Wonderer The second one is said to follow later in the year, which documents the second half of her journey. The debut single from the album was Oh Mummy!, set in Egypt, the song tells the tale of a vandalised Egyptian mummy wandering around looking for its body parts. The song gained a mixed reaction but debuted at number 10, a week later, the album charted at number 10 also, gaining Dakota much more success than expected. This led to the announcement of a second single, Skin which includes vocals in Afrikaans by Dakota Rain. However her friend Wolf Wolfe provides vocals on the radio version. 0n April 27 2010, Dakota was signed to Bingo Records. This led to a larger budget for the second single, so a CD2 was released. The single charted at number 10, and the album reached a new peak of 8. A third single, one not on the album, Sexy Wonderland was announced on May 30. It is due to be released on June 28, with a re-release of the album, funded by Bingo, to follow on July 5. Dakota wrote a song for the soundtrack to Fall From Grace, staring Dresden & Bareilles. The song is called Get Out Of Me. She also went on her first supporting tour, supporting Gingers+Jesus throughout May. She is set to support Butterscotch on the European leg of her world tour in September. Dakota teamed up with The Chosen One, Bre Washington of Moodring and Pat Bevan of Gingers+Jesus to record 2 cover tracks as B sides to Sexy Wonderland. Around the same time she also starred in the video for Hailey Klass single Hell On Wheels. On June 25, at a performance at Glastonbury, Dakota announced that her fourth single would be Tribal. The fan favourite will be out August 9. In July Dakota was back in the festival mood, performing at The Legacy Days Festival. The complete performance is available in audio form on the Tribal CD. Dakota attained position 43 on URAPS RATE 14, her first rate. After a string of lower top 10 charting singles, Dakota enlisted the help of friend Tentrita and released Moai, a song from her re-release as the 5th single. The song also came with a second re-release, which included B Sides and Videos on a 3-disc special edition. Despite high hopes for both these, they yet again stalled, at 8, which became Dakota's highest peak and one she reached multiple times. After this flop, Dakota decided the era was over.

2010 side projects
In the Summer of 2010, Dakota wrote and starred in a west end musical version of Birds of a Feather, which was cancelled after one rehearsal. However, Dakota went on to form a musical film version of the sitcom, which was filmed and released straight to DVD. The film co-stars Natasha Casserolé and Lucy Benjamin. However the film has not gained much of a fanbase, wheras the soundtrack has. The lead single being Dakota's very own version of What'll I Do? released on November 8, 2010. The same day as the soundtrack. Both releases charted at number seven

Dakota's Festive Fun is a compilation album of Dakota's singles to date and seven new, original holiday themed tracks. The tracks cover many festive subjects such as Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Advent, Paedophilia and Eid. Dakota stated that her biggest regret of the album was not covering Diwali. The album was released on Decemeber 13, 2010, promoted by I Know Him So Well, the first single release from the singles compilation disc.]

2011 Side Projects
Dakota announced that, after working with them on Birds of a Feather, Dakota would be forming a band with the Morecambe Bay Players, who Dakota named the Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers, and introduced two more to the lineup, Tentrita and Wolf Wolfe who she had collaborated with previously. The band had moderate success, releasing an album: Dakota Rain and the Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers, which charted at #10, and three singles My Kids Don't Associate With Commoners (#13), Whole Lotta Mess (#11) and Chain Letters (#9). After this, the band parted their seperate ways. During this era, Dakota also filmed a reality tv series, What Goes Down in Dorset, using Chain Letters as the theme tune. The show, shown on 5, had the best rating for the channel since it's launch in the 90s. Dakota also filmed the follow up to Titanic, Ti2nic

Brave Bird
In July 2011, Dakota announced her follow up album to The Wanderlust of the Weeping Wonderer, Brave Bird. The album will be led by the single Holy Cow!. However, Dakota pulled out of promotion for this single and never released it, or the album. The album and single were both rescheduled for January 14, 2013.

2012 side projects
In 2012 Dakota announced she'd teamed up with nation's sweetheart Eva Laughlin to release Forgiveness from the soundtrack to the film All About Eva in which they both star.

Personal Life
Before becoming famous, Dakota was married to a husband, Clive, who she claims was taken from her by the Freemasons. However he has since been spotted in a shopping centre in Exeter. Whilst promoting her single, Dakota disappeared for a few days, claiming that she was too kidnapped by them. Dakota has shown an interest in devil worship and the dark arts. Dakota states she has no children, but recently evidence suggests she has. She also stated she once carried the son of debuty prime minister Nick Clegg, but had a misscarriage. Whilst on tour with Gingers+Jesus, Dakota was sent a series of notes suggesting she has a daughter, who is alive. The daughter came forward as G+J's very own Bronagh O'Toole, the day after Dakota made it public that her own Mother is Edna Albaquerque.

Acting Roles

 * Birds of a Feather: The Musical: (Tracy)
 * What Goes Down In Dorset: (Herself)
 * Ti2nic: (Chrysanthemum)
 * All About Eva: (Lucy Benjamin)

Discography
From The Wanderlust of the Weeping Wonderer From Birds of a Feather From Dakota's Festive Fun From Dakota Rain and the Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers From Brave Bird - (Scenic Route Edition) (June 28, 2010) #8 - (Video Edition) (September 20, 2010) #8 - (Unleashed) (May 6, 2013) #5
 * Singles
 * Oh Mummy! (March 29, 2010) #10 (94,010 sales)
 * Skin (feat. Wolf Wolfe) (May 17, 2010) #10 (137,763 sales)
 * Sexy Wonderland (June 28, 2010) #8 (117,401 sales)
 * Tribal (August 9, 2010) #8 (111,110 sales)
 * Moai (feat. Tentrita Troll) (September 27, 2010) #8 (109,746 sales)
 * What'll I Do? (November 8, 2010) #7 (126,618 sales)
 * I Know Him So Well (with Claire and Edna Albaquerque) (December 13, 2010) #19 (54,129 sales)
 * My Kids Don't Associate With Commoners (with The Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers) (March 21, 2011) #13 (42,405 sales)
 * Whole Lotta Mess (with The Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers) (May 16, 2011) #11 (69,401 sales)
 * Chain Letters (with The Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers) (June 27, 2011) #9 (70,685 sales)
 * Forgiveness (with Eva Laughlin (December 17, 2012) #8 (124,998 sales)
 * Holy Cow! (January 14, 2013) #14 (58,903 sales)
 * Devil (March 11, 2013) #11 (68,016 sales)
 * Escape From The City (May 6, 2013) #6 (123,737 sales)
 * Everest (June 17, 2013) #TBA ( sales)
 * Studio Albums
 * The Wanderlust of the Weeping Wonderer (April 5, 2010) #8 (707,718 sales)
 * Brave Bird (January 14, 2013) #7 (359,252 sales)
 * Other Projects
 * Birds of a Feather: The Musical Soundtrack (November 8,2010) #7 (120,275 sales)
 * ''Dakota's Festive Fun (December 13, 2010) #15 (50,583 sales)
 * Dakota Rain and the Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers (May 16, 2011) #10 (169,365 sales)
 * That Woman's Work: A Tribute To Kate Bush (July 11, 2011) #3 (160,672 sales)

Songwriting
Dakota Rain has written many songs for other people.
 * Bichastasia: Vera Wang, Monster, The Stars and Kissin' On My Baby from the album Simply B
 * Gingers+Jesus: Period Drama (Paint the Town Red), Love is Pain, Learn To Flush, Delicious, The Queen's Nose and Under This Sun from the album DNC
 * Ashley!: Puppets from the album New York Dreamer