Bang at the Door – Nominated for Best Acoustic Blues Album
Donna’s new Album Bang at the Door was nominated for a 2021 Blues Blast Music Award for Acoustic Blues Album. For more information, click here.
Donna Herula’s third CD, Bang at the Door, includes 14 tracks – 11 original songs and 3 cover songs. The physical CD includes a 12-page booklet with liner pictures and lyrics from all of Donna’s original songs on the recording.
The music flows from acoustic blues through gospel, jazz, and ragtime, to the electric Chicago blues style, with nods to New Orleans, folk, and country influences. Special guests include Anne Harris (violin), Daryl Davis (piano), Doug Hammer (piano), Bill Newton (harmonica), Tony Nardiello (singer/guitarist), and backup-singers Katherine Davis and Rebecca Toon. The CD was produced by Jon Shain and recorded by FJ Ventre (also the upright bass player) at Good Luck Studio in Chapel Hill, NC.
Donna’s first CD is a solo, acoustic blues album with 14 tracks including songs Future Blues, I’ve Got to Make a Change, Daddy Goodbye Blues, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out, Police Dog Blues, Walking Blues, Vestapol, Hey Hey, The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ But, Big Road Blues, Trouble Everywhere I Roam …
Three Tracks on Liz Mandeville's CD, "Clarksdale"

In 2012, Donna’s slide guitar playing was also
featured on three tracks of Liz Mandeville’s CD, Clarksdale.
Cheesehead Blues - Adventures of a Dutchman

Documentary
Donna’s slide guitar playing was featured in a Dutch blues film documentary, “Cheesehead Blues” which was released in 2015.