Donna Ulisse

Singer, Songwriter, Bluegrass Poet

Donna's music showing up on end of year lists!

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"An Easy Climb" was released in June of 2011; Donna's fourth bluegrass CD. In November she released her first two original Christmas songs "You Cannot Stay Here" and "You Will Be Delivered" which were well received by fans and radio.
"An Easy Climb" was released in June of 2011; Donna's fourth bluegrass CD. In November she released her first two original Christmas songs "You Cannot Stay Here" and "You Will Be Delivered" which were well received by fans and radio.
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Dutch DJ and EuroAmericana reporter Bart van der Pol's Top 10 album picks for 2011!
Dutch DJ and EuroAmericana reporter Bart van der Pol's Top 10 album picks for 2011!
Dutch DJ Bart van der Pol has been a long time enthusiast of Donna's music giving her strong airplay in The Netherlands and he also reports to the EuroAmericana chart. He listed "An Easy Climb" in his favorite Top 10 CD releases of the year.

"That Nashville Sound" is a music blog/website that is well read in the country music community. How exciting to see Donna has TWO songs in their Top 100 songs of 2011 with "Hand Me Down Home at #19 and Shady Glen at #30. Both songs are on her "An Easy Climb" album. Click here to read the full list.

The popular and respected music blog Engine 145 compiled their Top 20 Bluegrass releases for 2011 and "An Easy Climb" was #8! Click here to read the full list as she is in some impressive company! Engine 145 (the name alludes to the I-IV-V chord progression found in countless classic country, folk, blues, and rock songs) provides news and reviews about country and roots music: whether it's traditional, mainstream, bluegrass, Americana, or Red Dirt, you'll find it covered on Engine 145, along with the occasional foray into blues and roots rock.

Finally, her Christmas song "You Will Be Delivered" was included on the FolkFestival Blog's Top 42 Christmas songs for 2011. See the list here. The list is quite diverse with Loreena McKennit, Jethro Tull, Sarah McLachlin, Dan Fogleberg, Harry Connick, Jr. as well as many more on it. The FolkBlog is a blog about folk and related music from Greg Grant of Columbus, Ohio, founder and sole proprietor of Festival Radio. Festival Radio is an eclectic Internet broadcast featuring a wide variety of folk and folk-related genres, including the following musical styles: Traditional folk Contemporary folk Singer/songwriter Bluegrass Celtic Instrumentals (reels, jigs, etcs) World folk (African, Eastern Europe, South American, Caribbean) This blog focuses on reporting news from the station (new adds, changes in service, etc.), news from the folk music world, as well as album and concert reviews.