Donna Ulisse and “America’s Truckin’ Sweetheart” Marcia Campbell, host of XM radio’s Open Road on channel 171 in the studio.

Donna Ulisse recently spent an hour in the XM Satellite studios with “America’s Truckin’ Sweetheart” Marcia Campbell, host of the popular show for truckers, Open Road on XM Channel 171. Campbell played several tracks off Ulisse’s current CD When I Look Back, a collection of fourteen self-penned tunes and spent the rest of the time getting to know Donna through an in-depth interview. “By the end of the hour I felt like I had a new girlfriend!”, said Ulisse.

Marcia Campbell has long been a supporter of bluegrass artists and their music from the time she started her own show in her home town of Dickson, TN in the 1990’s on WDKN Radio called The Muleskinner Bluegrass Show.

Tune in and catch the one hour show with Ulisse this Sunday morning, March 9, 2008 at 7:00 a.m. central time on XM Channel 171.

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Donna UlisseDetour

Donna Ulisse will be performing at the historical Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia on March 1, 2008 taping the PBS concert series “Song of the Mountains“. The show is taped in front of a live audience and is broadcast on 163 public television stations around the country at a later date. Ulisse will be singing songs off of her current release “When I Look Back.”

Ulisses’ backup band for the taping is Detour based out of northern Michigan. Detour features Zak Bunce on vocals and upright bass, Peter Knupfer on fiddle, Scott Zylstra on acoustic guitar, Jeff Rose on mandolin who also writes much of the band’s material and on banjo is the reigning National Banjo Champion Mike Sumner. Detour has a new CD out titled “Radio Hill” which has been receiving very favorable reviews.

This will be the first appearance of Ulisse and Detour and when asked how she ended up working with a band out of Michigan Ulisse replied, “Well it wasn’t easy! It started with that first nerve-wracking walk through the doors of my first IBMA WOB week in 2007. I was a newbie and must have had it written across my forehead because Jeff Rose and Mike Sumner introduced themselves to me and were week long friendly faces. We talked briefly about joining forces musically on some future dates so when I was invited to do “Song of the Mountains” it seemed like the perfect opportunity for us to work together”.

Also appearing on the bill that evening will be a stellar lineup. Donna’s long time friend and bluegrass great Larry Cordle who made a guest appearance on her album will be performing with his band Lonesome Standard Time as well as Miller’s Creek and The Stevens Family. For more information on the show and tickets go to: www.songofthemountains.org

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Donna Ulisse at NPR’s “Bluegrass Breakdown” taping. L-R: Dave Pomeroy, Rick Stanley, Donna Ulisse,Keith Sewell, Dave Higgs, Andy Hall, Andy Leftwich

Nashville Tenn. — Singer songwriter Donna Ulisse was in Nashville’s NPR studios on February 1 with Dave Higgs, host of “Bluegrass Breakdown” performing six songs off of her current release “When I Look Back”, a fourteen song collection of self penned tunes receiving impressive airplay on bluegrass radio and now picking up steam on Americana radio stations.

Performing with Ulisse on the show was an all star cast of players. On acoustic guitar and harmony vocals was her producer Keith Sewell also an artist in his own right on Skaggs Family Records and is currently on tour with Lyle Lovett, Andy Leftwich on fiddle and mandolin who is a regular member of Ricky Skaggs band and is also a member of Three Ring Circle, Dave Pomeroy on upright bass, a member of Three Ring Circle as well as a respected and busy member of the Nashville session scene and Andy Hall on dobro who is a member of Sugar Hill Records’ The Infamous Stringdusters and who took some time to chat on air with host Dave Higgs about his new solo release, “Sounds of the Slide Guitar” on Sugar Hill Records. Contributing harmonies was Rick Stanley who also co-wrote four songs on the project with Ulisse.

The performance was laced with banter between Donna, the players and host Higgs as well as conversation about how some of the songs were born and commentary on the recording process on the project from producer Keith Sewell.

The show will air on April 26 at 8:00 p.m. on Nashville Tenn. 90.3FM and will be syndicated on more than fifty stations across the nation with airtimes scheduled for the same week on various days & times.

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Donna Ulisse

Hadley Music Group recording artist Donna Ulisse will be taking a break from SPBGMA activities on Friday, February, 1, 2008 to tape the nationally syndicated radio show Bluegrass Breakdown hosted by Dave Higgs who also writes the “Bands To Watch” column for Bluegrass Now. The show originates on Nashville’s NPR station WPLN and is carried by over fifty other stations around the country.

Ulisse will be singing several songs off of her current release “When I Look Back” which consists of fourteen self-penned tunes. Backing her up on the show will be guitarist Keith Sewell who also produced her CD, with Andy Leftwich on fiddle and mandolin, Dave Pomeroy on bass and Andy Hall on dobro. Rick Stanley will also provide some harmonies. Stay tuned for an air date.

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Donna Ulisse

Donna Ulisse wants to invite all the fans attending SPBGMA in Nashville at the end of January to stop by her booth #3-B in the Plantation Ballroom to register for a free iPod nano. The drawing will be held at the end of the day on the last day of the event and the winner does not need to be present to win.

The iPod nano will be loaded with all the songs on Ulisse’s current release “When I Look Back” that features 14 songs written by Ulisse, as well as some publicity photos of her.

Donna plans to be in the booth as much as possible to visit with attendees and sees the iPod giveaway as a small way of saying thanks to all the bluegrass fans for giving her such a warm welcome over the past several months with her first release in the genre of bluegrass.

For more information on Donna you can visit www.donnaulisse.com or www.myspace.com/donnastanleyulisse

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