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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: Martin Ruby “Rusty Trucks and Daisies”

July 1, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
An elegiac meditation on the death of a friend and bandmate. Martin Ruby’s new video for ‘Rusty Trucks and Daisies’ is a tribute to his late friend Molly.  As he laments in the back seat of […]
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Video: Our Band “Up Here on this Mountain”

June 30, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Americana duo Our Band have struck some subtle gold with their new video for ‘Up Here on this Mountain’.   Five musicians in a simple studio setting, with singers Justin Poindexter and Sasha Papernik leading the way […]
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Video: Kyle McKearney and Don Amero “Let ‘Em Lie”

June 28, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Two powerful indigenous voices from Western Canada join together to pay tribute to the victims of the Residential School system.  Powerful both in the message they are singing in ‘Let ‘Em Lie’ and the literal lung […]
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Video: Ken Newman “Talk to You”

June 24, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Ken Newman leaps out of the gate with a shuffling bluesy drum beat that launches him into a cutting commentary of society’s relationship with social media.  Necks bent forward, faces illuminated by a small screen, most […]
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Video: Anna Tivel “Outsiders”

June 23, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0
Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space.  As the befringed singer leaps and floats through the air, she sings about the first man on the moon.   Anna Tivel’s new video, ‘Outsiders’ conjures not just a […]

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