Chris Donohue - Bassist/Composer/Producer

Dec 31 2015

Aguilar Amp video

My friends at Aguilar Amplification hosted me at The Artist Loft late last summer for a brief conversation about ways I approach bass playing within the framework of "Americana" music, and about how I use the Tone Hammer amps when…

Oct 30 2015

Iris Dement Band - live photos

Thanks to John Taber and The Center For The Arts in Grass Valley, CA, for these beautiful photos of our gig there last weekend:
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May 6 2015

BEKEN's release day

Beken - Troubadour is finally out in the world! Not only that, but yesterday #iTunesmusic retweeted a link to the album to almost 7 million people! (:

You can purchase the album on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/Beken

#Beken #Troubadour #Haitianmusic #ThirtyTigers

May 1 2015

Stream BEKEN - Troubadour at Afropop Worldwide

I'm FOREVER grateful for my family, friends, and colleagues who've listened to me talk (since 2010!) about the Haitian folksinger Beken as we created his first album for international release. It's truly hard to believe that Troubadour will finally be…

Apr 9 2015

BEKEN album releases May 4 on Thirty Tigers Music

After a long period of waiting and watching, I couldn't be more delighted to finally be able to announce the public release of the Beken project on Thirty Tigers Music!!

BEKEN - Troubadour releases on May 4, but The Utne…

Apr 3 2015

Boulder Creek Acoustic Bass review

Bass Musician Magazine just ran a review of the Boulder Creek EBR acoustic/electric bass I've been using and loving for the last six months. Based on AEBs I've played in the past I hadn't felt any urgency to own one…

Feb 25 2015

R.I.P. Allen Juste

Haitian music lost one of its most heart-achingly beautiful voices last week when Lakou Mizik vocalist and accordionist Allen Juste passed away suddenly during a hospitalization in Port-Au-Prince. (Allen's accordion is featured prominently on the soon-to-be-released Beken record I produced…

Jan 21 2015

Going To The Garden

On a slushy and chilly morning in Brooklyn last Sunday, we began a final round of overdubs on Pete Lanctot's new record at Seaside Lounge. Towards the end of the day, we took a few minutes to perform…

Jan 13 2015

Rock My Soul (PBS) debuts Thursday night on WNPT

Last September I served as Musical Director for Rock My Soul, a musical event produced by Thirty Tigers Music during the Americana Music Week here in Nashville and taped for future broadcast . Featured were The Fairfield Four, Lucinda…

Dec 18 2014

Danni Nicholls Pledge Campaign update

As of this writing, we're only 15% away from reaching our goal to make the new Danni Nicholls record!

As with 2013's "A Little Redemption", we'll have the most distinguished Will Kimbrough and Bryan Owings at the core of our…

Nov 13 2014

Nashville S3 E7

Over the last couple of years I’ve gotten to work on a good bit of the music for ABC’s Nashville, but last nights’ episode marked my on-screen debut (along with Patterson Barrett on guitar) which, ironically, I missed during its…

Nov 11 2014

New Danni Nicholls music coming this winter

BIG NEWS of the week – our beloved Danni Nicholls is returning to Nashville in January to record the follow-up to 2013’s critically-acclaimed A Little Redemption! We’ll again have the honorable Will Kimbrough and Bryan Owings on hand for…