See 23 more photos
Tanya Donelly
211,428 plays (17,191 listeners)
female vocalists, indie, alternative, 4ad, singer-songwriter… see all
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.
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.
Videos
Top Albums
Shoutbox
-
gileadroad wrote:
hey have you checked out Figg yet? great sublime sounds from Robin and Gilden
-
ThoseDamnTwins wrote:
need new tanya material!
-
femme_pop wrote:
check out www.myspace.com/femmepop
-
MarshallStaxx wrote:
Pretty Deep makes me feel all emo.
-
RoyalBlueStuey wrote:
She's been utterly brilliant the entire time I've been into music. God bless her cotton socks
-
Spaceicorn wrote:
i thought tanya would have more plays... hmm
-
j-sin wrote:
New Tanya/Belly acoustic tracks from the Windham!!! http://www.last.fm/user/j-sin/journal/2007/09/26/534447/ and they're free! :)
-
chrisxanthus wrote:
I just bought my ticket for Tanya with Kristin on October 6th! I can't wait!!
-
silea wrote:
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...)
-
undrentide72 wrote:
i knew the Breeders when Tanya was involved, i loved (and still do) the Safari ep :)
-
cathedralheat wrote:
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.
-
cathedralheat wrote:
mother to us who just want to be left alone
-
amberamberamber wrote:
為何taiwan買不到
-
pez_sheffield wrote:
hey all! some new pics to vote on; let's replace that rather drab Victorian one and show everyone how beautiful Tanya is!
-
undrentide72 wrote:
do you think you look human to me, i dont know what you expected, you're barely homo-erected. Classic lyrics!
-
phairphan wrote:
A / A-
-
pez_sheffield wrote:
Mosat popular? Muses have probably sold more, although the Breeders did pretty well. Belly never really made the splash Breeders did (see what i did there...?), but i think were the better band. Just listen to King.
-
mikeroach113 wrote:
Thanks, guys!
-
phairphan wrote:
Yeah, definitely Belly. Tanya left both TM and the Breeders before either of those bands became popular.
-
marflord wrote:
Belly, definetly, that band got her the cover of Rolling Stone and a gold record. I personally like it better than TM or Breeders too.
Including Belly, Kristin Hersh, Throwing Muses, Juliana Hatfield, 50 Foot Wave and more…
Listeners
-
hubbarke
Top Listener
-
zars7
Top Listener
-
SoloBassSteve
Top Listener
-
dumbo77
Top Listener
-
jolesha
Top Listener
-
apekool404
Top Listener
Recent Activity
- Antichthon, ebonysnowblood and kamarza added Tanya Donelly to their libraries. 7 hours ago
- DominoRecords tagged Tanya Donelly with ‘american’. Friday afternoon
- quiniflip, cmlenz, billdodd and 2 other people added Tanya Donelly to their libraries. Thursday morning
- Pleasuresongs tagged Tanya Donelly with ‘female vocalists’. Tuesday afternoon
- gungerust, bmf69, evegas and 13 other people added Tanya Donelly to their libraries. Tuesday afternoon
- lalalovey tagged Tanya Donelly with ‘lovey radio’. last month
- margiegrob, colocolo0, guym1958 and 4 other people added Tanya Donelly to their libraries. last month
- chiptotec tagged Tanya Donelly with ‘lovey radio’. last month
- jadamur and zangeressen added Tanya Donelly to their libraries. last month
- chiptotec tagged Tanya Donelly with ‘totec radio’. last month
Related Journals
-
Your bone's got a little machine
by jeffreywithonef |
5 Aug 2008 | 
6 comments
-
The saddest songs (but they don't make me cry)
by macasev |
9 May 2008 | 2 comments
-
Tanya Donelly Muses compilation
by nickit |
3 May 2008 | 2 comments
Groups (21)
-
Tanya Donelly
82 members
-
Throwing Music
196 members
-
Trixie Delicious
38 members
-
RadioTiki
69 members
-
Extensive Musical Taste
24,643 members
