Donna Ulisse
Website:
http://www.donnaulisse.com/
Discography:
2011 - An Easy Climb
2010 - Holy Waters
2009 - Walk This Mountain Down
2007 - When I Look Back
1991 - Trouble At The Door
| Donna Ulisse (pronounced "you-liss-ee") was born in Hampton Virginia and surrounded by a musical family, Donna made her first appearance singing at the tender age of three when she wandered onto the stage with a bluegrass band and broke out into "Take This Hammer". From that moment until now, there has never been any doubt that she would be creating music. She worked in a local western swing band where she met and married Rick Stanley, being fully indoctrinated into a bluegrass family when Rick's cousin Ralph Stanley, along with the Clinch Mountain Boys performed at their wedding reception. After Donna's deal on Atlantic Records ended, she turned her attention to songwriting. In time her publisher noticed that when she wrote alone, the songs generally took on a bluegrass feel that was vocally authentic when she sang the demos. The company decided to record a project of these tunes and start a label around this effort which became her 2007 CD release, "When I Look Back." The CD was enthusiastically received by radio and fans. As her first bluegrass release was catching on, Ulisse stayed busy doing some select dates and focused on making sure she was writing enough new tunes for a follow-up CD at the request of her label. She went back in the studio with producer Keith Sewell in March of 2008 to start the recording process once again with the final result being "Walk This Mountain Down," a new collection of self-penned tunes with an all-star cast of players and guests.She also formed her own band, "The Poor Mountain Boys." Since then, she has recorded two more CD’s of bluegrass music and tours extensively worldwide.
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