Donna Ulisse
OriginHampton, Virginia, U.S.[1]
GenresCountry, bluegrass
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active1991–present
LabelsAtlantic
Hadley Music Group, Mountain Home

Donna Ulisse is an American country music and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Signed to Atlantic Records 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 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".[1] The former received a positive review in Cash Box magazine which stated that she "generates a soothing ballad quilted with a powerful force of emotion and inspiration".[2]

After leaving Atlantic Records in the early 1990s, 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.

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.

Discography

Albums

Title Album details
Trouble at the Door
When I Look Back
  • Release date: July 27, 2007
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD
Walk This Mountain Down
  • Release date: January 20, 2009
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD
Holy Waters
  • Release date: April 20, 2010
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD
An Easy Climb
  • Release date: June 14, 2011
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD
All The Way To Bethlehem
  • Release date: October 23, 2012
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD
I Am A Child Of God: A Gospel Collection
  • Release date: July 25, 2013
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD
Showin' My Roots
  • Release date: October 15, 2013
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD, music download
The Songwriter in Me: The Demo Recordings
  • Release date: March 24, 2015
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD, music download
Hard Cry Moon
  • Release date: September 25, 2015
  • Label: Hadley Music Group
  • Formats: CD, music download
Breakin' Easy
  • Release date: September 22, 2017
  • Label: Mountain Home Music Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Time For Love
  • Release date: November 1, 2019
  • Label: Billy Blue Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Livin' Large
  • Release date: February 25, 2022
  • Label: Billy Blue Records
  • Formats: CD, music download

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
1991 "Things Are Mostly Fine" 75 Trouble at the Door
"When Was the Last Time" 66
1992 "Trouble at the Door" —
2009 "The Trouble with You" — Walk This Mountain Down
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
1991 "Things Are Mostly Fine" Richard Jernigan
1992 "Trouble At The Door" Thom Oliphant
2020 "When I Go All Bluegrass On You"
2021 "Livin' Large In A Little Town"

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
  2. ↑ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 22. December 8, 1990.
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