30 Facts About Tanya Donelly

Tanya Donelly was born on July 14,1966 and is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist based in New England.

Tanya Donelly came to prominence as a co-founder of the band Throwing Muses with her step-sister Kristin Hersh.

Tanya Donelly was nominated for Grammy for her 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".

Tanya Donelly has said that her parents, Richard and Kristin Tanya Donelly, shuttled the family "between Rhode Island and California" for the first four years of her life.

Tanya Donelly has described her early school experience as including bouts of nervous shyness from fear that what she has called her family's "hippie" background was different from that of her classmates.

Tanya Donelly has said that she met Kristin Hersh in school around age eight, quickly becoming close friends.

Tanya Donelly graduated from Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island.

Tanya Donelly co-founded the alternative rock band Throwing Muses in the early 1980s alongside Kristin Hersh and other members, including Elaine Adamedes.

Tanya Donelly served as the band's lead guitarist and contributed as a secondary vocalist and songwriter.

Tanya Donelly contributed lead guitar work, backing vocals, and harmonies on several tracks across the band's discography, including those featured on the album The Real Ramona.

Tanya Donelly departed the band in the early 1990s to pursue other musical projects.

The Real Ramona, Throwing Muses' last album with Tanya Donelly, which included her "Not Too Soon" and "Honeychain" originals, was released in 1991.

In May 1991, Deal and Tanya Donelly were asked to contribute vocals to This Mortal Coil's Blood album on 4AD, with a cover of Chris Bell's "You and Your Sister," a month before Tanya Donelly officially left Throwing Muses.

In December 1991, Tanya Donelly formed Belly as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, with Thomas Gorman on lead guitar, Chris Gorman on drums, and Fred Abong on bass guitar.

Tanya Donelly soon released her solo debut LP Lovesongs for Underdogs, recorded with Gilbert, Fisher, Jones, Narcizo, and engineer Wally Gagel on assorted instruments.

In 2000, Tanya Donelly performed live in her first reunion with Throwing Muses at a special fan gathering called "Gut Pageant" in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at a Rhode Island festival.

Tanya Donelly continued to record and release symbol-laden, alternative folk-pop solo EPs and full-length LPs on 4AD in 2001,2002, and 2004.

Boston post-punk band Mission of Burma included Tanya Donelly's backing vocals on their reunion album, Onoffon in 2004.

Tanya Donelly then followed that acoustic album release with three weekend shows of old and new songs performed in 2004 before audiences at The Windham, an old hotel in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

In June 2005, Tanya Donelly mentioned on her official "Slumberland" message board that her future plans included working on a children's compilation album with Boston musicians such as Chris Toppin, writing a book, working with Mark Eitzel and Greek songwriter Manolis Famellos, and occasionally performing live.

Tanya Donelly planned to focus future performance plans on a few cities like Boston, New York, and London, playing live when time permitted as she raised her daughter.

In early 2006, Tanya Donelly sang on two songs on the debut EP from the Boston-based band Dylan In The Movies.

Tanya Donelly wrote four songs for the pop girl group Girl Authority for their second debut Road Trip, one of which is titled "This Is My Day".

Tanya Donelly's daughter, Gracie, is a fan of the group, according to an article in The Phoenix.

Two shows at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 6,2007, were a musical reunion of sorts, as Tanya Donelly co-headlined with Hersh.

In 2008, Tanya Donelly teamed up with Dylan in the Movies to cover The Cure's "Lovecats" for American Laundromat Records tribute compilation "Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure".

In December 2010, Tanya Donelly teamed up with singer and songwriter Brian Sullivan's band, Dylan In The Movies, to release the single "Girl With the Black Tights" on American Laundromat Records.

Tanya Donelly was slated to compose the score for the 2022 animated film Luck, but was replaced by John Debney.

In 2020, Tanya Donelly formed a new duo with long time collaborator Brian Sullivan, entitled The Loyal Seas.

Tanya Donelly married former Juliana Hatfield bassist Dean Fisher on September 22,1996.