About:
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Donna Frost is a traveling troubadour with decades of performing and touring experience. Expertly weaving folk, blues and pop, she creates memorable concerts that champion the human spirit. She logs thousands of miles each year, performing across the U.S., solo and with her band. With over 300 songs in her catalog and seven albums, her music has received airplay, charted and garnered awards worldwide. Recently, Donna won the Mississippi Music Foundation Best Americana Artist award in April 2023. She has performed a tribute to the late Skeeter Davis at Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; and has performed live on Chicago WGN TV. Giving back to the community, she is an active performer with Music for Seniors, “Musicians on Call” and “Songs of Love.” She is endorsed by Kamoa Ukuleles and Luna Guitars; and is an ambassador for True Joy Acoustics which donates ukuleles to pediatric hospitals for music therapy programs across the country. Her latest album The Beautiful Unseen is a collaboration with her longtime friend Jack Howell, and recorded in Joshua Tree, CA.
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In the News:
“Meet Donna Frost | Independent Recording Artist” in Tennessee Highlighter, April 2024 : Read the article here.
“Harmony for Hounds,” Donna Frost featured in Good News Hendersonville for her work with the Humane Society of Sumner County and renaming the dog park after Samson: Read the article here.
“Valentine’s Day” by Donna Frost Featured in Static Dive, “Donna Frost’s Self-Affirming New Valentine” article by Bob Smith: Read the article here.
Donna Frost featured in Music for Seniors, celebrating their 15th anniversary: Read the article here.
“HER*STORY: Donna Frost” by Dawn Davis in mindlib: Read it here
“Donna Frost Talks About Skeeter Davis, the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Coming Full Circle” by Donna Nolan-Wilson, in Fat Vox: Read it here
“Photoset: 2013 Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony” in The Writer’s Journey: Read it here
Interviews
February 20, 2024: Donna Frost featured in Cumberland Road podcast “Donna Frost – Gospel Music, Skeeter Davis, & Growing In Faith.” Listen here.
Donna Frost on the AM Kevin Club (December 13, 2023): Listen here.
Donna featured on new podcast “Songwriter Connection” with Dave Lenahan: Listen here.
Donna’s appearance on George Hamilton V’s Americana Central Time Radio show (October 10, 2023): Listen here.
Interview with Linda Purrs (Just Love Coffee, September 2023) Video: Watch it here.
Interview in Bold Journey (August 2023): Read it here.
Interview in Christian Voice (August 2023): Read it here.
Interview in Canvas Rebel Magazine (2023): Read it here.
Interview in Unrated Magazine by Dan Locke (2017): Read it here
Interview in Connect Savannah Magazine by Sean Kelley: Read it here
“Singer and songwriter Donna Frost is on a musical journey. She’s made it her life’s work for decades now, having grown up in a musical family and learned instruments from a young age. She’s released a number of critically acclaimed albums and regularly tours throughout the country, but more recently she’s decided to use music as a force for good—working with foundations and organizations to spread positivity through art.”
– Sean Kelly, Connect Savannah Magazine
Interview in Middle Tennessee Music to promote appearance at Music Tree Festival in Manchester, TN, by Joshua Smotherman: Read it here
Interview in Riveting Riffs Magazine by Joe Montague: Read it here
Podcasts
Chicago Acoustic Underground podcast recorded with Michael Teach: Listen to the podcast here
Podcast recorded with Chris McGill and Don Swartz for Southern Trace Songwriters
Radio
Donna Frost on WRFN Radio Program, March 2022. Listen to the show here.
Donna Frost on Reminisce Radio with Drew Johnson Laney, January 25, 2022. Listen to the show here or in the player below:
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Awards
Mississippi Music Foundation Best Americana Artist Award (April 2023)
Gevania Global Network in Australia
Kerrville New Folk Finalist (2004)
Outreach
Featured performer in Music for Seniors newsletter, “I’m so proud to be a part of this wonderful organization”: Read it here
Latest Abum Reviews
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What People Are Saying About the Latest Albums Quarantine Sessions Volume 1 and 2
“I love your two Quarantine Sessions that teach us that there is a silver lining around these dark times. A pandemic cannot stop the flow of creativity!“ – K. Connors
“I have known and worked with Donna for better than a decade now and she is, without a doubt, the hardest working person in music. For all of the past decade she has traveled the U.S. solo with better than 200 shows a year. She is a prolific songwriter that delivers a great performance, always. Then along comes COVID and suddenly touring was not possible. She created a live streaming show almost immediately and broadcast the show every Monday night for the entire year. This album is a fresh approach, with 9 songs from the heart. “September Days,” “The Love That Lives in Me,” and the heartfelt “Mama’s Prayers” are three examples of her skillful blend of life’s tales and the emotions that come with them. I am proud to recommend this album.” – Michael Teach, Chicago Acoustic Underground Podcast
“Donna Frost is the real deal….her family history in music is deep, from Elvis to The Four Guys! Donna gives her all in “everything” she does! But she definitely shines with her album The Quarantine Sessions Volume 2.” – N. Pride
“Prolific multi-instrumentalist Donna Frost has a new CD that puts the focus on her rich 12-string guitar sound. No Ukeabilly Mama this time! No Bare Bones with her late collaborator Billy Hancock! There are many sides to Donna, and this new collection of songs teaches us how to enjoy life and how to cope with loss, such as the tragic loss of her mother to Covid. This album is dedicated to her memory. Based in Nashville, Donna has devotees across the USA, and I’m grateful to have become part of her musical family back around 2006, when Roderick Deacey, Todd Walker, Tomy Wright, and I teamed up at The WestSide Cafe and at Brewer’s Alley in Frederick, Maryland, before she started performing at my shows in Virginia. Thank you, Donna, for entertaining and educating us all.” – Ron Goad, board member of the Songwriters Association of Washington, D.C.
“[These] songs about life during the quarantine that come from the heart and speak to the soul. [This is] music that reaches in and pulls out what’s best and true in all of us [and] timeless songs that sparkle with love…” – A. Elrod
“Donna hosted her first living room show in our home (billed as The Party on The Patio Tour – 2003). That was a fun weekend. When she wasn’t performing, Donna spent time with my family, singing Beatles songs with our two boys, touring the monuments and museums with us, and talking music. To her fans, Donna is family.
We’ve been friends with Donna for decades and fans of her music for even longer. She comes from a very impressive musical family, deeply rooted within the rich artistic tapestry that is Nashville (her hometown of Hendersonville is a stone’s throw away from Music City). Growing up, her home was always full of music and singing.
Those in-the-know tune into Donna Frost’s weekly live stream show, a welcoming environment where the overall message is that we are all loved and that everything will be alright. It is a retreat to a sanctuary of music and stories, a weekly safe space of love and kindness.
The highlight of our Monday’s together was her music. I could go at length and talk about the songs she performed, and that her fan’s weekly request list at times went on for pages, but the real delight was she used these live streams to share new songs she was working on. Demos and works-in-progress inspired by current events.” – A. Moraso
Links
Facebook: www.facebook.com/donnafrostsongs
Twitter:@donnafrost12
Instagram: donnafrost12strings
Reverbnation: www.reverbnation.com/donnafrostmusic
Contact Donna: Click here.