About Us
Donagh and Burnelle
We’re two songwriters, each with our own distinct sound, creating a project that celebrates both individuality and collaboration. While we sometimes write and produce separately, we always support each other through the process—whether that’s in the songwriting or the production.
Though our journey has brought us to Nashville, where we’ve found a supportive and welcoming community, it all began in New York City where we spent countless hours playing in iconic venues like The Bitter End and local spots where we tested out new material.
Now, in Nashville, we’re continuing to grow as artists. Along the way, we've had the honor of crossing paths with some incredible souls—friends who became family. Sadly, a few of them have moved on, but their influence remains deeply woven into our story. Their warmth, their encouragement, and their shared moments of creation continue to inspire us. They are forever a part of our journey, reminding us that the connections we make through music are timeless and irreplaceable.
We’re just getting started, and we’d love for you to be part of the ride. Follow along as we continue to explore, create, and connect through the music that means so much to us—and we hope, to you too.
“All of us contain Music and Truth, but most of us can't get it out.” - Mark Twain
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Nobody wanted the apartment at the time, for superstitious reasons. We had the top level of a 3 story home looking directly into the graveyard. All kinds of birds and wildlife lived over the graveyard wall. We would laugh when we would hear and then see a gang of turkeys roaming the headstones, imagining them in their little leather jackets.
There were ghosts. Computers that would turn on and play music. Cold spots you would walk through and brush off…‘must be poor insulation in just that wall.’ A busy and loud road whose sounds would magically disappear over the stone wall where we took long walks.
They filed their dead like a library - by category.
"Whose grave you lookin' for? Oh, he’s in the jazz section."
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"Whose grave you lookin' for?
Oh, he's in the jazz section"
...So we found W C Handy and put our bluesiest jackets and hats and faces on, and took the photo. We really dug it. I had just started writing music again, and was obsessed. Donagh had been writing for years.
We were afraid when we moved away we wouldn’t be able to write anything else. Because as you write, you start to recognize an otherworldly feeling or connection from wherever the music and lyrics might be flowing. Do the ghosts stay in the Bronx? Will they come with us? You move into an apartment like that, laughing at the superstitious for not taking such a great deal, and ultimately move out superstitious yourself.
It's quieter here in Nashville but plenty of ghosts everywhere. They come and they go, but they always find us. And we welcome those co-writes.
