He is an International Songwriting Competition Winner; Narrative Song Competition Winner; Lys Blues Songwriter of the Year award Winner; Two-time Lys Blues Folk/Blues Artist of the Year award Winner; and USA Songwriting Competition finalist.

Dale has appeared in the CBC ENJEUX documentary film Le Mystère Coffin; the ARTV documentary Ou coeur du country; and the UK Silver River Productions TV documentary, The Science of Art. His music has been included in the Learning Landscapes online journal and the audio version of Daniel Levitin’s best selling book, The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. His songs Crack In The Pavement and Through the Blues have been covered by Quebec recording artist, Bob Walsh, and Slips Away, Look Out Boy, and Ithaca Waterfall (all co-written with Rob Lutes) appears on Lutes' CD releases.

Dale is also the founder of Song Routes (SongRoutes.com), an online magazine that explores the art of songwriting through feature interviews with established songwriters, producers, and authors. His research at McGill University explored the role that music can play in teaching across academic disciplines. As an art-based researcher, Dale has explored the use of music as a methodological research tool and he teaches McGill Education courses, including "Music Listening for Education."