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  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Indie

    Location NASHVILLE, Tennessee, US

    Profile Views: 30471

    Last Login: 4/28/2013

    Member Since 5/13/2006

    Website www.rickodonovan.com

    Record Label slam-colour records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .............................. LUCKY SEVENS is the latest and greatest......... Americeltic… an explosion of strings and energy from the man of many strings. The Dallas Observer tagged Ricko Donovan as .."a groundbreaking hybrid of Celtic and Americana".. and rendered his performance at Trinity Hall .."one of the most breathtaking performances of the year.".. Now back in the US with a brand new album Lucky Sevens. Lucky you. ************************************************************************* Purchase CDs at www.rickodonovan.com .. Lucky Sevens Lucky Sevens Lucky Sevens .. .. "Lucky Sevens is a very good album. Donovan plays a swirl of strings that enchant and delight. His songwriting is literate, observational and very entertaining. He has created a unique sound on Lucky Sevens that he calls AmeriCelt. I call it pretty darn good."..- The Muse's Muse .. .. .. .. The Kilmoon Road .. .. "A rollercoaster ride…haunting and visceral, a powerful new voice in Irish folk.”.. -Irish Music Magazine .. The Laughing Silver String .. .. .. "A skillfull master of a unique and beautiful instrument..." - Cormac MacConnell, Clare FM Radio Ireland .. .. .. .. BOOKING: Janes World Talent Phone: 813.263.4807 E-Mail: janesworld@comporium.net .. multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter and virtuoso hammered dulcimer player (www.myspace.com/hammerdulcimer) of folk music from all over the world! Mainly Irish traditional. Has Nashville trio called Ricko Donovan and The Lost&Found, with Jennifer Halenar on violin and Dave "Move Over" Stover on the big double bass. Also an accomplished performer who has lived and played all over Europe*** “He renders ballads with the greatest sensitivity and the rest with the reckless abandon of a steamrolling train with no brakes…”–The Clare Champion*** "A skillfull master of a unique and beautiful instrument."-Cormac MacConnell, Clare FM Radio Ireland***Ricko's Devil At My Door won Nashville's Spree Song Contest in the Alt/Country category in 1998. Two Irish releases received critical acclaim in Ireland Belgium and Germany. The Kilmoon Road is a fine folk album of Ricko's songs which featured some great West Clare musicians. It has sold over 2000 copies at shows and in select stores! The Hidden Well, a hammered dulcimer record of Irish tunes garnered regular airplay on Clare FM in Ireland. It has sold over 1000 copies worlwide. Ricko was the featured musician at Gregan's Castle Hotel in the Burren, County Clare from 2003-2005, delighting audiences regularly with his extensive Irish repertoire. He has busked on the streets of Amsterdam, Munich, Berlin. Madrid, Brussels, Barcelona, Dublin, London, Birmingham, Edinbugh and loooooooves Europe! The Hot Press in Ireland described Ricko's live performance as "a steamroller of a show, he gracefully rendered Irish songs. His own songs were engaging and captivating..." Now a Nashville-based regularly touring artist who has a new release pending for 2009. Booking: Janes World Entertainment, Phone: 813.263.4807 E-Mail: janesworld@comporium.net .. ..........I made my myspace layout using Pimp-My-Profile.com.... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    Email: rickodonovan@yahoo.com Ricko Donovan- hammered dulcimer, guitar, vocals revolving door of others: Nashville as trio, Ricko Donovan and The Lost & Found (Jennifer Halenar (violin), Dave Stover (upright bass) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..................

  • Influences

    Garbo. Sinatra. Wareham. ..........View Ricko Donovan's EPK..

  • Sounds Like

    .. "a roller coaster ride of a record...haunting and visceral, a powerful new voice in Irish folk"-Irish Music Magazine ...... ..Vote for my music on SongVault.fm..

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