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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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Kellie Loder “When We Kiss” – A romantic night leads to a romantic song

February 9, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Kellie Loder ramps up the romance on her new single ‘When We Kiss’. Loder’s lyrics perfectly capture the giddy exhilaration of a newly found love. Her breathy delivery is a meditation on the boundless possibilities that […]
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Geneviève Racette “Same Old Me” – Lonesome steel, a string quartet and a meditative look at self-doubt

February 8, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Geneviève Racette wrestles with self-doubt on her new single ‘Same Old Me’.   Featuring some incredibly subtle pedal steel playing by Matt Kelly (City and Color) the song is a quiet reflection following a social event that […]
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Rob Jones & The Restless Dream “January Man” – Laurel Canyon by way of Manchester

February 7, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Rob Jones & The Restless Dream relive a lonely New Year’s Eve in their new single ‘January Man’. This is one of three singles being in the early months of 2024. A former school teacher and […]
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Kitty Coen “Cadillac” – Witch Rock in the Texas Desert

February 5, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
Urban pop gets rural with Kitty Coen’s ‘Cadillac’.   Spaghetti Western guitars float behind Coen’s breathy vocals as she spins a tale of foreboding.  The production sounds at times like Lana Del Rey being produced by Stuart […]
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Josh Fortenbery “Sewing the Same Seam” – Hot bluegrass from a cold climate

February 2, 2024 Ed Donnelly 1
‘Sewing the Same Seam’ is the lead single from Josh Fortenbery’s upcoming album ‘No Such Thing as Forever’.   From the first raspy fiddle note until the end of the song, this is salt of the earth […]

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