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In the late 1990s, she settled into a solo recording career, working largely with musicians connected to the Boston music scene.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonelly is best known for her Grammy nominated work in the mid-1990s as lead vocalist and songwriter for Belly, when she scored a national radio and music television hit with her composition \"Feed the Tree\". Belly recorded on Sire/Reprise Records and 4AD Records; Donelly's solo works have been released on Warner Bros. Records and 4AD.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the years she has listed several musical influences. In one interview she named her guitar playing influences as Marc Ribot, The Beatles, and former band mate Hersh. More recently she mentioned Leonard Cohen as a songwriting hero, citing her then current listening favorites as Lucinda Williams and Joan Wasser, and listing Boston-based groups like the Dambuilders, Pixies, and Count Zero as past favorites. Although Donelly mainly performs her own original songs, she has in recent years added covers of songs by Robyn Hitchcock, Nina Simone, and The Beatles to her repertoire.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Tanya+Donelly","playStationPath":"/stations/270025633/play","stationId":270025633,"bioPath":"/music/Tanya+Donelly/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Paula+Cole","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dd6/dd64d348ce57c984614815f39c91153e_md.jpg","artistName":"Paula Cole","artistId":2436,"station_id":113296467},{"musicPath":"/music/Charlotte+Martin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/272/272dd529d299e71ed4bfe1e137ba6914_md.jpg","artistName":"Charlotte Martin","artistId":13901,"station_id":113685522},{"musicPath":"/music/Rachael+Yamagata","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b29/b292005a0fe1e25338c43a5a6f308874_md.jpg","artistName":"Rachael Yamagata","artistId":2243,"station_id":113272286},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Wonder+Stuff","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d97/d97192abd9e2004d98ef18c7bfa486b2_md.jpg","artistName":"The Wonder Stuff","artistId":114084,"station_id":282638889},{"musicPath":"/music/Gene","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/189/189b563c21d9c726e4f0ebf9812d26a8_md.jpg","artistName":"Gene","artistId":59403,"station_id":261413921},{"musicPath":"/music/Erin+McKeown","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f1a/f1a7f96e40074d29fc35cf3f2514678e_md.jpg","artistName":"Erin McKeown","artistId":383,"station_id":113830190},{"musicPath":"/music/Emma+Pollock","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/94a/94a4ed18b4047b956e450de21e5b14ba_md.jpg","artistName":"Emma Pollock","artistId":108180,"station_id":281787844},{"musicPath":"/music/Michael+Penn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3a1/3a1064b77bbedef97bc301a873c759ed_md.jpg","artistName":"Michael Penn","artistId":1285,"station_id":113471367},{"musicPath":"/music/Martha+Wainwright","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/501/5019940db4483bfbccf91a344c48db6f_md.jpg","artistName":"Martha Wainwright","artistId":6255,"station_id":113329792},{"musicPath":"/music/Cat+Power","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6e3/6e3dec955b82f50a5d295a9997f5bd89_md.jpg","artistName":"Cat Power","artistId":941,"station_id":113262036},{"musicPath":"/music/Sam+Phillips","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b69/b691269e0ec6a7c775947aee1178e046_md.jpg","artistName":"Sam Phillips","artistId":11758,"station_id":113656602},{"musicPath":"/music/Bic+Runga","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ec7/ec794ca90802798f4a3c847d6ee8fbfe_md.jpg","artistName":"Bic Runga","artistId":10175,"station_id":113364049},{"musicPath":"/music/Jenny+Lewis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/04d/04d470913b9911ff6dfcfa61b4942e50_md.jpg","artistName":"Jenny Lewis","artistId":9649,"station_id":113263997},{"musicPath":"/music/PJ+Harvey","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/78a/78a345b32b0dbcaeabaa4c88a7460076_md.jpg","artistName":"PJ Harvey","artistId":611,"station_id":113353717},{"musicPath":"/music/Anna+Calvi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/15b/15b8b4f8d19448f45baaad5dc32af8ce_md.jpg","artistName":"Anna Calvi","artistId":78272,"station_id":266995900},{"musicPath":"/music/Belly","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/865/865041676cedd27bb0fe99d18688c781_md.jpg","artistName":"Belly","artistId":148,"station_id":113496592},{"musicPath":"/music/Sugar","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fc6/fc679c68c191cb698790f5c905065bda_md.jpg","artistName":"Sugar","artistId":100623,"station_id":280763120},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Magic+Numbers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8d3/8d36d54bdcd08a589d4da7e364e1960c_md.jpg","artistName":"The Magic Numbers","artistId":10979,"station_id":113309787}]}