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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: Marcus King “Lie, Lie, Lie”

July 21, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Call the fire brigade, Marcus King is trying to burn down Easy Eye Studios.   The new video from King for ‘Lie, Lie, Lie’ features him performing heavy southern rock live in a power trio format at […]
Particle Kid, Micah + Willie Nelson
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Video: Particle Kid and Willie Nelson “Die When I’m High (Halfway to Heaven)”

July 19, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Micah Nelson’s lyrical love letter to his father becomes a poignant duet as Willie joins him on vocals and guitar.  Micah Nelson, AKA Particle Kid, eschews his esoteric electronic experiments for a straightforward biographical account of […]
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Video: Jason McNiff “Fisherman’s Blues”

July 13, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
A National guitar by the banks of a muddy river, Jason McNiff reinterprets The Waterboys ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ as a haunting rural jaunt through the American South.  If you pay close attention in the opening frames of […]
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Video: Father John Misty “Buddy’s Rendevous”

July 8, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Father John Misty gets gritty and sentimental in black and white at famed late-night L.A. haunt,  Canter’s Deli. The acting in this video by Arrow Dewilde and Craig Stark tells the unspoken tale of regret and […]
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Video: Amanda Shires “Take it Like a Man”

July 7, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Amanda Shires hits new heights after her time in the Highwomen.  Filmed live in Nashville’s famed Columbia studio, Amanda Shires performs ‘Take it Like a Man’ with her band, featuring husband Jason Isbell on guitar,  and […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

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The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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