From Donnalewis.com

 

4/27/06 - A New Album

 

Hi Everybody,

 

Before anything else I want to say a very big thank you to all of

you who've continued to write to me through the site. I know it's

been a while since I've been able to write back but I've read every

single one of your emails and I can't express how much I appreciate

your kind words, your stories and your support. You all give me such

inspiration and drive me on to make more music.

 

I can't believe how quickly the last few years have flown by. It

seems like yesterday that I was pregnant and writing songs for my

new record, 'In the Pink.' It's taken a long time for me to complete

this album, but there was a two year pause in the process after the

birth of my son, Archie. I didn't plan on it being that long, time

just flashed by. Being with him every day has been the most

wonderful and incredible time of my life and I wouldn't have missed

a second of it for anything.

 

The record really began in 2002 putting the tracks together with

Simon Duffy, whom I first met in Italy back in `99/'00. He's a great

guy - so talented and I love working with him. During this time we

also co-wrote a song called 'Obsession' which is on the new record.

Then Archie came along and the work came to a stop for a while.

 

Back in April of last year, I met up with my good friend Gerry

Leonard. Gerry played

guitars on my first two records - he's amazing! We got to chatting

about my record and

it just so happened that he was on a few months break from a very

busy touring schedule. I really wanted to work with Gerry again and

I played him the songs we had so far and asked him of he would

produce the record with me - he agreed.

 

Working with Gerry has been an absolute Joy, he is an incredibly

talented musician and his production input has brought an organic

sense to the record that wouldn't have been there without him. We

had an ambitious goal to get everything else recorded in an eight

week window. Gerry brought in Doug Yowell (drums) and Jeff Allan

(bass) and then later on we had Jay Belarose, David Torn, Tony

Levin, Harvey Jones and Blue Nile's Robert Bell do some work on the

tracks. ""Everything was recorded by August and then we had a break

for a while before mixing started in December. I'm going to talk

more about the musicians on the record in future updates.

 

Kevin Killen mixed the record (except for one song which was mixed

by Hector Castillo). Kevin worked with me on my first album. He has

fantastic ears and a great vocal sensibility - he really has done an

amazing job with 'In the Pink.' I really love this record and I

actually enjoy listening to it which is a new experience for me.

 

We have just had some packages put together and my management team

are working on establishing which label partners we will release the

record with. Of course I will keep you all informed of when it will

be available and in the meantime, I plan to soon put up some track

clips on the site for you to download and have a listen.

 

Thanks again to all of you for your support and your patience.

 

Love, Donna

 

 

 

The name doesn't ring a bell? :unsure:

same here! another big in brazil artist? :lol: :lol:

 

i would guess either she's been away for a hell of a long time or didnt do much the first time around. either way dont think many people will have missed her, or knew she had gone?

I used to be obsessed with that song she had out in the mid-90's. "I Love You Always Forever" - I think it was called.

nope still nothing triggered

She has been gone a long time. You guys are probably too young to remember I Love You Always Forever! She also had a great deut with Richard Marx called At the Beginning. I don't think it charted in the UK sadly.

She has been gone a long time. You guys are probably too young to remember I Love You Always Forever! She also had a great deut with Richard Marx called At the Beginning. I don't think it charted in the UK sadly.

 

Richard Marx? wasnt he something to do with *Nsync? is that right?