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Donna Ulisse is a key figure in the bluegrass scene as a singer & songwriter. Her single “It Could Have Been The Mandolin” from the album Hard Cry Moon was #1 for two months in a row in 2016 and the album topped the Roots Music Report chart at #1. She was named 2016 IBMA Songwriter of the Year. In 2017 she signed with Mountain Home Music Company, record label & released her eleventh career album “Breakin’ Easy”, produced by bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson. She was a featured guest on RFD-TV’s Simply Bluegrass show hosted by Ricky Skaggs which featured the biggest names in the genre. She's also hosted Bluegrass Ridge, a video television show on Heartland TV Network which has several of her videos in regular rotation. She has had her songs recorded by bluegrass artists Claire Lynch, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, The Bankesters, Doyle Lawson, Larry Stephenson Band and Volume Five to name a few, as well as a song on the 2014 Grammy winning album Streets of Baltimore by the Del McCoury Band. In 2017 she won IBMA Song of the Year for “I Am A Drifter” recorded by Volume Five. She authored the book The Songwriter in Me: Snapshots of My Creative Process and is the founder of Lil House Songwriting Workshops offering aspiring songwriters the opportunity to write with her and other pro writers in order to improve their skills. She also keeps a busy touring schedule playing festivals and concert venues with her band.