About Døe
With her angelic, exquisite voice, and soulful inspirational sound, singer and songwriter DOE (a.k.a. Dominique Jones) is just what the music industry needs right now. She is a multi-layered artist with deep, reflective songs, who is ready to bless the world with her refreshing authenticity, incredible talent, and an undeniable musical gift that is guaranteed to make her a household name.
Her first album, an EP (called TBD) is slated for release this fall and will feature the first single “Brighter,” a beautifully smooth track where DOE croons, “My light shines better when it shines for you/ Light shines better when it shines for two,” as well as “Hey You” (featuring inspirational artist and friend Jonathan McReynolds), a hypnotic and emotional love song that brilliantly gives a realistic view of a relationship faltering due to lack of communication. Then there is “I Try,” a sweet, melodic, personal song about self-observation and self-reflection. DOE is extremely excited about the upcoming project and it will be no surprise that this EP will help propel DOE to household name status. “I feel so good about this project and I am very excited about releasing it,” she says.
Born in Washington State and later raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, DOE started singing as a child. Growing up in the church, it was only inevitable, as both sides of her family sang and were heavily involved in the Gospel circuit, that she would take the path of singing Christian music. “My dad was a pastor and his family members formed the group The Jones Family. He felt that God would take them around the world to sing together and my mom sang background,” DOE says. “My parents had five children, so we eventually became a group and we actually did very well.” That group was called Forever Jones, a Christian gospel septet, featuring her parents, a 16-year-old DOE and her two sisters and two brothers, which released two albums on EMI Gospel, Get Ready in 2010, and Musical Revival in 2012, followed by their self-released Prayer Tools, Vol. 1 in 2014. The group enjoyed much success, garnering multiple Stellar Award and Dove Award nominations, as well as two GRAMMY®Awards nominations for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance.
In 2014, DOE was ready to explore a solo career. “I started experimenting with that and really just honestly doing what was in my heart – doing prayer music and using prayer tools to help people pray.” She received offers for record deals, but felt none of them were right for her, so after moving to Dallas, she become a youth pastor, but continued to work on her music, gaining tons of followers on Instagram due to videos she posted of her singing, and also co-writing and being featured on McReynolds’ powerful smash track “Cycles” from his 2018 album Make Room. She eventually released two singles of her own, “Deepest Part of You” and “Reach” and auditioned for the music competition show “The Four” (which, unfortunately, she did not make), all while becoming an Uber driver so she could have the freedom of making her own hours so she could perfect her craft.
Earlier this year, DOE signed to RCA Inspiration. She had been in the process of talking to a few other labels, but decided RCA Inspiration is where she belonged. “I felt like this was the best decision for me. Everyone on the team worked hard to make sure that my music would be recorded well, and I felt like I wasn’t just going to be another signed artist,” she says. “There was so much excitement around it, so I signed with the label and I trusted the musicianship.”
DOE wrote all of the tracks on [title] TBD, with the help of McReynolds, D. Wilson, and her brother Judah. The EP, which features the production genius of Daryl Howell, is the rich, neo-soulful, eclectic soundtrack of her life and she is looking forward to sharing her artistry with the world. “It’s a very vulnerable album for me. It is me talking about my life and what God has shown me, without being super ‘religious,’” she admits. “Are people going to accept the fact that I’m not doing a worship album? Everybody only knows me as a worshipper. But you know what? This is the way I’m choosing to do my music and I feel this is where I am supposed to be. I’m going to take this journey hand-in-hand with everyone and it’s going to be a learning experience. I’m excited about that.”
There is no doubt that DOE is destined for greatness. She is unquestionably a brilliant, expressive, passionate artist, one in which comes around every once in a while, if we’re lucky. Yet, she remains humble and gracious and is extremely thankful that God has helped her get to where she is right now in her life and in her career. “For the most part, just feeling God move through me is a beautiful feeling as well as hearing stories about how people’s lives are changed by my music,” DOE says. “There is a lot of transparency when you’re talking about your journey and people can say you know what, I can apply that to my life. Being part of this moment and helping to change someone’s life will never get old.”
