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hi! i'm glad you found our home on the web.
i know this is the start of another wonderful journey.
may peace and love fill the air.
donna hopkins
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Free To Go
Donna's wonderful CD Free To Go is available now! It has twelve great tracks including the title song and favorites like Dirty Alabama Road, Don't Ask Why, and two versions of Everything Money Can't Buy including one with Donna and her daughter India on vocals together. Great stuff! Listen to sample tracks and pick up your own copy! |
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Donna Hopkins 2008 Tour Schedule
MAY- 09 (Fri) - THE DAY CELEBRATION Buckhead, Georgia - other bands include: DubConscious, Blueground Undergrass, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Quark Alliance, the Lee Boys, and Deep Blue Sun
JUNE- 01 (Sun) - HORIZONS SCHOOL Atlanta, Georgia - Benefit for Deep Blue Ripple Foundation
- 06 (Fri) - LOVELIGHT LOUNGE Tucker, Georgia - with Brian and Jenny Hilllman and Michael Hurley
- 08 (Sun) - EDDIE'S ATTIC Decatur, Georgia - Benefit for Pepperland Kids Music Camp with kids' band and many special guests
- 14 (Sat) - PRIVATE PARTY Atlanta, Georgia
- 28 (Sat) - PRIVATE PARTY Atlanta, Georgia
JULYAUGUST- 08 (Fri) - LOVELIGHT LOUNGE Tucker, Georgia - with Pnut Andrews and Glenn David Andrews
- 23 (Sat) - EDDIE'S ATTIC Decatur, Georgia - appearing with Geoff Achison!
For booking information email donna@donnahopkins.com or call 678-548-6841.
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Posted by: Hophead on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 02:52 PM |
A friend, Tony Galliher (I call him "Tony Gastoney"), whom I met through one of my all-time favorite songwriter venues, Rodi World in Gastonia, NC, made this incredible quilt for me. Last time I played Rodi I took Tony a box of old T-shirts I have collected over the years through my travels, and Tony put them together to create this masterpiece for me. After I was blown away by this beautiful work of art, I couldn’t help but think of all the music lovers I know who have years’ worth of concert T-shirts and shirts collected from various special places and events ... some of you might be interested in having Tony create one for you! Contact Tony directly at mr-tony@carolina.rr.com. I wish you could see the quilt up close because you have to see it in person to believe the stitching that went into it! Thank you Tony!! I love it!! Please click on Read More below to see a close-up photo of the quilt.
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Posted by: Hophead on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11:53 PM |
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 The Donna Hopkins Band is happy to announce that we’ll be a featured act at this year’s Smilefest, http://www.smilefest.com, June 2-4, at the Gorges Music Park, in Lake Toxaway, NC, and we’d love for all our extended family to join us there. We’ll be on the bill with Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams and the Keels, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Sam Bush, the Everyone Orchestra, Hot Buttered Rum, and a ton of other great artists.
In case you’re unfamiliar with this event, we can tell you that Smilefest is one of the southeast’s most respected eclectic music and camping festivals, and this will be its twelfth year of providing “three days of peace, love and music in the Carolina sunshine.” It regularly hosts acts from all sorts of genres, including Bluegrass, Folk, Alt-Country, Jambands, Rock, World Music, Funk and Jazz. So you’re sure to enjoy the weekend, whatever your musical tastes.
Gorges Music Park is located about 35 miles outside of Asheville, NC. And it’s one of the most intimate settings you’re ever going to find for a camping festival. Unlike most of the “superfests,” Smilefest restricts its ticket allotment to ensure that everyone has plenty of space and they’re able to get as close as they’d like to their favorite acts. And if you opt to use the free tent camping, you’re able to lay claim to a space as large as you’d like. In fact, some bands’ online fans actually set up their own little tent cities for the weekend so they can enjoy all the activities together while matching faces to discussion board names.
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Posted by: Hophead on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 12:54 AM |
 If you're familiar with the Donna Hopkins Band through live performances or her 2003 debut CD, Free to Go, then you already know she's worthy of attention. Otherwise, her Dynasonic CD release Live is a fine introduction.
Hopkins is legit: She's Alabama-bred, farm-raised in hard times. Her mom performed in rock bands in mini-skirts and go-go boots. Her grandfather's music was a tremendous inspiration.
Now in her early 40s, Hopkins has matured into a genuine triple threat as songwriter, singer and guitarist. As a songwriter (she wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks), Hopkins seasons swampy, Gulf Coast funkiness with angular voicings of extended and suspended chords. Listen for examples on "In Spite of Yourself" or "Don't Ask Why." It's classic tension-and-release with a groove, and with lyrics revealing mileage, honesty and soul. It's survival music you can dance to. The grooves come courtesy of bassist Brian Ashley Jones and drummer Richie Jones, who are in the pocket throughout and who also add convincing harmony and backing vocals.
As a singer, Hopkins has a big, distinctive voice that effectively communicates varied emotions. The acoustic "Everything Money Can Buy," for example, puts you on the front porch on a summer evening, right about dinnertime.
As a guitarist, Hopkins can be at turns raw and articulate. She's her own woman, but think equal parts John Lee Hooker and Billy Gibbons, with a dash of Jimmie Vaughan and Robin Trower circa Bridge of Sighs.
The bottom line: Live sounds great, thanks to Dynasonic Mobile, and is a well-focused snapshot of an artist who has plenty of talent and the courage to be herself.
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Posted by: Hophead on Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 01:53 AM |
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 Donna Hopkins is a force of nature.
Long a part of the Atlanta music scene, the Donna Hopkins Band is poised to break out with their second album, Donna Hopkins Band – Live. Donna’s music comes straight from her heart – southern roots music from a woman’s point of view.
Selected as Atlanta’s Best Blues Artist in 2002 by Atlanta Magazine, Donna has assembled a trio of kindred spirits for this amazing band. With Donna on guitar, Richie Jones on drums, and Brian Ashley Jones (no relation) on bass, the Donna Hopkins Band has truly solidified.
Released to critical raves in February 2003, Donna’s first album, Free To Go, attracted a legion of fans to the Donna Hopkins Band. Alert listeners will discover a live, hidden bonus track on Free To Go at the very end of the CD, a soulful version of the old blues standard, “Time To Travel.” Noting the joy of her live performance, Hittin’ the Note reviewer Rob Johnson remarked, “Donna sings with unrestrained roadhouse soul and lays down a great slide solo as beer glasses clink in the background.” The excitement of this live performance carries over to the new live record.
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Posted by: Hophead on Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 10:55 PM |
 Atlanta roots music artist Donna Hopkins – embracing the Internet business model espoused by Dynasonic – has announced a new partnership. Selected Atlanta's Best Blues Act by Atlanta Magazine in 2002, Donna’s first CD, titled Free To Go, was released in 2003 to critical acclaim. For her follow-up album, Donna has chosen to take advantage of the technical expertise and Internet distribution of Dynasonic.
The first effort of this new partnership will be a brand-new live album and DVD recording of the Donna Hopkins Band at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta on March 18, 2005. This opportunity will allow Donna’s fans to hear her on CD with the same passion she brings to her live shows. “Dynasonic brings the very best audio technology to bear in capturing a live show and I’m proud to have them recording me at Smith’s. Many of my fans have heard the wonderful recordings from last year’s Zambifest and I expect great things from this show.” Also recording at Smith’s will be the Ralph Roddenbery Band, co-headlining with Donna.
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One of her best friends asked her to assist her during her pregnancy and became the first of many that Donna has helped -- in the last seven years she has been present for the birth of 14 babies. "I give advice on pre- and post-birth nutrition and breastfeeding. At birth I work with either the midwife or the doctor and act like a coach to inspire and direct the birthing process. With my help the role of the midwife is reduced and the entire process is made easier. The spirit directs me, just like when I play lead guitar." |
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