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About Ed Donnelly
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy. He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.
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Dead Root Revival “Maybe Baby” Canadian alt. country group release their debut album

May 1, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Dead Root Revival play driving Alt. Country on their single ‘Maybe Baby’.  Channelling some grungy guitar tones that would be at home on any early Drive-By Truckers or Uncle Tupelo album, the band delivers a solid […]
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The Gravel-Aires “If the Devil Don’t Want Her” – With a Stonesy swagger, Vancouver roots rockers The Gravel-Aires deliver their new single

April 29, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
With a Stonesy swagger, Vancouver roots rockers The Gravel-Aires deliver their new single, ‘If the Devil Don’t Want Her’.  Songwriters Mark Branscombe and Michael Mahoney have released their third album, ‘Westerly’, a follow-up to 2021’s ‘Headlights […]
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Creature Comfort “If Not For You” – reimagining a Dylan/Harrison classic

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Creature Comfort reimagines a Dylan/Harrison classic with their take on ‘If Not For You’.   The Nashville based quintet released this track as their first new single since 2021. “I was washing clothes one day thinking about […]
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Isobel Campbell “Everything Falls Apart” – Taking down the patriarchy

April 19, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Isobel Campbell takes on the patriarchy on her latest single ‘Everything Falls Apart’.  This is the second single from her forthcoming album ‘Bow to Love’ due 17th May on Cooking Vinyl Records. “My elegy to the […]
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Video: Call Me Spinster “Mule”

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Call Me Spinster tug at the heartstrings with their new single ‘Mule’.   The video features a young girl and her father on a camping trip.  Beautiful cinematography by director Daniel Andrade captures the natural beauty of […]

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