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Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American singer/songwriter and guitarist based in New England who cofounded Throwing Muses with stepsister Kristin Hersh, then went on to work in The Breeders and Belly in the 1990s. In the late 1990s, she settled into a solo recording career, working largely with musicians connected to the Boston music scene.

Donelly is best known for her Grammy-nominated work in the mid-1990s as lead vocalist and songwriter for Belly, when she scored a national radio and music television hit with her composition “Feed the Tree.” Belly recorded on Sire/Reprise Records and 4AD; Donelly’s solo works have been released on Warner Brothers Records and 4AD.

Over the years she has listed several musical influences. In one interview she named her guitar-playing influences as Marc Ribot, The Beatles, and former bandmate Hersh. More recently she mentioned Leonard Cohen as a songwriting hero, citing her then-current listening favorites as Lucinda Williams and Joan Wasser, and listing Boston-based groups like The Dambuilders, Pixies, and Count Zero as past favorites. Although Donelly mainly performs her own original songs, she has in recent years added covers by Robyn Hitchcock, Nina Simone, and The Beatles to her repertoire.

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Cox_of_Seagulls wrote:
October 2009

Love her voice.

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tomservo33 wrote:
May 2009

Her voice takes me back to the first summer at Univ., love it!

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Otherness wrote:
March 2009

I'm only getting into her now. "Whiskey Tango Ghosts" is impressive.

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JamieF6489 wrote:
March 2009

I loved Belly when I was a teenager, and Tanya Donelly rocks. I'm definitely going to check out all her music.

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Leptossomico wrote:
February 2009

no preview? so sad....

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Huiseridae wrote:
January 2009

you're all freeks but I love ya :p

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oneyedcat wrote:
December 2008

Love it. Great songs. Please tour. In the UK.

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martenHH wrote:
December 2008

Love her voice! Hope the reunion of the Muses is no joke!

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Sitorimon wrote:
November 2008

Tanya's great, I hardly see any artists really smile and enjoy themselves outwardly on stage :)

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soundlessspace wrote:
October 2008

Her vocals remind me a lot of Chantal Kreviazuk at times.

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gileadroad wrote:
October 2008

hey have you checked out Figg yet? great sublime sounds from Robin and Gilden

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ThoseDamnTwins wrote:
September 2008

need new tanya material!

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femme_pop wrote:
August 2008

check out www.myspace.com/femmepop

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MarshallStaxx wrote:
July 2008

Pretty Deep makes me feel all emo.

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RoyalBlueStuey wrote:
June 2008

She's been utterly brilliant the entire time I've been into music. God bless her cotton socks

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j-sin wrote:
September 2007

New Tanya/Belly acoustic tracks from the Windham!!! http://www.last.fm/user/j-sin/journal/2007/09/26/534447/ and they're free! :)

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chrisxanthus wrote:
September 2007

I just bought my ticket for Tanya with Kristin on October 6th! I can't wait!!

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silea wrote:
September 2007

Wow. Just found all the Star Demos and such on Tanya's page. (And i've always thought the Safari EP was the best thing the Breeders ever put out...)

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undrentide72 wrote:
September 2007

i knew the Breeders when Tanya was involved, i loved (and still do) the Safari ep :)

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cathedralheat wrote:
July 2007

oh and no one knew the Breeders when Tanya was involved, and Throwing Muses didn't really get big until after Tanya left so I'd say BELLY because they had one hit in a very influential time in music.

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