Donna Ulisse is an American
country music and
bluegrass singer-songwriter. Signed to
Atlantic Records
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in 1991, she released her debut album, ''Trouble at the Door'', that year and two singles which charted on the ''Billboard''
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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chart. She appeared on national TV shows ''
Hee Haw'', ''
Nashville Now'', ''
Crook & Chase'', and NBC's ''
Hot Country Nights''.
Ulisse's debut album ''Trouble at the Door'' charted the singles "Things Are Mostly Fine" and "When Was the Last Time".
The former received a positive review in ''
Cash Box
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'' magazine which stated that she "generates a soothing ballad quilted with a powerful force of emotion and inspiration".
After leaving Atlantic Records in the early 1990’s, Ulisse took some time off and concentrated on song writing, however she did make some appearances. She returned in 2007, this time recording bluegrass music, with a new album ''When I Look Back'' on Hadley Music Group. Ulisse toured with her band The Poor Mountain Boys performing at festivals and concert venues. From 2007-2015, she released nine albums with Hadley Music Group.
She won the award for 2016 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Songwriter of the Year and in 2017 she won International Bluegrass Music Association's song of the Year with "I Am A Drifter", co-written with Marc Rossi. Ulisse landed SPBGMA's Songwriter of the Year in the same year. In 2017, she signed with Mountain Home Music Company, and released her eleventh album ''Breakin' Easy'', later that year, produced by Doyle Lawson.
In 2019, Ulisse signed with a new bluegrass label, Billy Blue Records, and released an album, ''Time For Love'', on November 1, 2019.
Ulisse released her second album and her thirteenth album overall, ''Livin' Large'', for Billy Blue Records on February 25, 2022.
Ulisse released her third album with Billy Blue Records, ''Mountain Lily'', on February 23, 2024.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Music videos
References
External links
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American women country singers
American country singer-songwriters
Living people
Atlantic Records artists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Hampton, Virginia
Country musicians from Virginia
Singer-songwriters from Virginia
20th-century American singer-songwriters
20th-century American women singers
21st-century American singer-songwriters
21st-century American women singers