dan donnelly and sonovagun
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Location | New York, New York, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland Dan now lives and plays in New York and is a regular fixture on the NY live scene. He plays his own, with his band Sonovagun and with other bands including Joy Zipper and the Invisible Swords Men. Dan has been singing, playing and writing music since an early age. He started his career as singer and songwriter in critically acclaimed Belfast band Watercress and penned many of their most popular songs including “Candlemaker”, which reached number 1 in the Irish indie charts and “Stars Shine On”, which also topped the same chart. He has played with Watercress, solo and with Joy Zipper all across the globe supporting bands such as, Air, The Levellers, The Darkness, Duran Duran, Ian Dury and Turin Brakes to name but a few. |
| Interests | Music, Art, Film, Fashion, |
| Favorite movies | The Big Lebowski, Withnail and I, Spinal Tap, Blazing Saddles, The Jerk, Dumb and Dumber, Cinema Paradiso |
| Favorite music | The Cure, The Smiths, The Clash, LCD Soundsystem, Death From Above, My Bloody Valentine, The Levellers, Damien Dempsey, Seth Lakeman |
| Favorite books | Tom Robbins, Paulo Coehlo, Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski |