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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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Video Premiere: Matt Owens “Go Easy on Yourself”

November 14, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Matt Owens and The Delusional Vanity Project take over the corner of a pub and cook through his new song ‘Go Easy on Yourself’.   This is a new single from Owens’ third solo album ‘Beer For […]
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Video: Amy Ray “Joy Train”

November 8, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Amy Ray becomes a mama bear as she rolls through Georgia and Tennessee with the ghosts of Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers in the video for ‘Joy Train’.  The animated video is the brainchild […]
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Video: Hannah Shira Naiman “The Grouse”

September 28, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
There is a town in North Ontario where you’ll hear perpetual motion with claw hammer banjo accompaniment as Hannah Shira Naiman walks beside ‘The Grouse’.   There is an endless debate about what defines Americana music. There […]
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Video: Margo Price “Change of Heart”

September 27, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Margo Price’s psychedelic journey to the desert continues in the new video for ‘Change of Heart’.  This is the second single from her forthcoming ten-song album ‘Strays’.  Solid electric guitars ring out as white-hatted line dancers […]
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Video: Tyler Childers “Angel Band (Jubilee Version)”

September 26, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Tyler Childers gives us a glimpse of the afterlife in the new ‘Angel Band (Jubilee Version)’ video. The first single from Childers’ highly anticipated new album ‘Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?’ features a down-on-his-luck […]

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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