Rick Stanley recovering from a heart attack
Rick Stanley and Donna Ulisse at Denton FarmPark – photo by Sandy Hatley Sunday morning, Rick Stanley suffered a serious heart attack and was airlifted from Lebanon, TN, to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Doctors successfully removed a blood clot and put in a stent. It was a scary time for all, especially his wife, Donna […]
Inaugural Words on the Water songwriting workshop in 2023
Florida’s beautiful gulf coast is the setting for the first ever Words on the Water songwriting workshop, scheduled for March 2-5, 2023. A joint venture between Lil House Songwriting Workshop and Laughing Penguin Publicity and Consulting, the three-day seminar is designed to help serious songwriters develop not only their skills but also their understanding of […]
Playing It Forward – The Big SHEBang in Georgia
A special concert is scheduled at the end of October in Dallas, GA to benefit the Marietta Police Athletic League, hosted by Musical Charities as part of their Playing It Forward series. Billed as The Big SHEBang, it will feature performances by four top female bluegrass artists: Pam Gadd, Irene Kelley, Donna Ulisse, and Becky [...] The End of Crazy from Donna Ulisse
Billy Blue Records has a new single for Donna Ulisse, taken from her upcoming Livin' Large project, due to hit February 25. It's a song she wrote with her husband, Rick Stanley, called The End of Crazy about that feeling when you realize that you actually will survive hard times and an uncertain future. In the [...] Video Premiere: Livin’ Large in a Little Town from Donna Ulisse
Billy Blue Records has a new music video for Donna Ulisse, made for her current single Livin' Large in a Little Town, from her upcoming album, Livin' Large. If you know Donna's music, you'll recognize her trademark feel good, positive vibes kind of bluegrass, which the video conveys perfectly. The song, written by Ulisse and [...] Donna Ulisse – logomaniac survives the pandemic
Donna Ulisse says that she is a logomaniac, which simply means that the singer/songwriter/author/avid reader is a lover of words. Known for her original tunes, Ulisse's songs have been recorded by Claire Lynch, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, the Bankesters, Doyle Lawson, Larry Stephenson Band, Becky Buller, The Grascals, and Volume Five, to name a few. [...] Get On Home Boy drops from Donna Ulisse
So much new music today! Donna Ulisse also has a new single this week from Billy Blue Records, which is included on her debut album with them, Time For Love. It's a song she wrote with Bethany Kelly and Jerry Salley called Get On Home Boy, a 'sit down and listen, boy' type on story letting [...] Donna Ulisse drops music video for When I Go All Bluegrass On You
Donna Ulisse released a single for her latest album back in February, one called When I Go All Bluegrass On You, the opening track on Time For Love. As she told us at the time, the song idea came from a comment she made to her husband, Rick Stanley, when Jerry Salley showed up late [...] When I Go All Bluegrass On You drops from Donna Ulisse
Singer/songwriter, Donna Ulisse, has released a new single, When I Go All Bluegrass On You, from Billy Blue Records in Nashville. The song, co-written by Ulisse and her husband, Rick Stanley, features a hard-driving beat and numerous bluegrass hero references including such legends as Monroe, Ralph & Carter, Flatt & Scruggs, and present day icons:, Ricky, [...] Time To Love – Donna Ulisse
While the sound and spirit of Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton appear to inform every note and nuance that inspire Donna Ulisse’s vocals, the singer herself has no need to lean on any comparisons whatsoever. Winner of the 2016 IBMA Songwriter of the Year award and the 2017 Songwriter of the Year honors [...] 