Donna Herula is a Chicago-born blues singer, songwriter and slide guitarist that has a passion for playing traditional Delta/Country Blues and early Chicago Blues in addition to contemporary and original songs. Her sound combines her love for music of the Deep South and Chicago with her love of blues guitar improvisation.
Acoustic Guitar Magazine named Donna one of the “top 10 up and coming resonator guitar players” and featured her in an article, “Down and Dirty: 10 contemporary resonator players talk about their love for that nasty sound.” In October 2016, Donna was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame.
Donna is a regular performer at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago and has opened for Buddy Guy multiple times. She is also a teacher at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago where she teaches Acoustic Slide Guitar, Electric Slide Guitar, and Blues Fingerstyle group and individual lessons.
Pay Donna at PayPal.com using the recipient belladonnablues@yahoo.com.
Donna also teaches Skype / online lessons in Delta Blues Guitar, Blues Fingerstyle, Acoustic Slide Guitar and Electrics Slide Guitar. For more information, email belladonnablues@yahoo.com or go to donnaherula.com
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