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AMPLIFYING WISCONSIN MUSICIANS WMPodcast interviews local Wisconsin musicians on their journey from their first group, solo endeavor, hired studio work, local community groups, and more, to their present day activities in the local music scene. We will also talk with music businesses and music organizations. We’ll talk about their origin story, what their influences are, what they do to hone their talents and their skills to be where they are today. What they feel is not only suffocating the local music scene, but, better yet, what they feel is helping push the local scene into the limelight. Also hear about gigs they’ve played that made an impression on them and why. . . and much more.
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST
Episode 52
DONOMA
Donoma is an eclectic Rock 'n' Roll band out of Kenosha, Wi., refusing to fall under one genre
When modern rock band Donoma decided to head back in to the
studio to record their third full length album, they decided it
wasn’t enough to match the success of 2017’s “Falling Forward”.
That would be fine for many bands as that record gained them
airplay on more than 120 terrestrial radio stations and helped
them secure direct concert support for the likes of Soul Asylum,
Meat Puppets, Candlebox, Tantric, and Rusted Root along with
many top billing shows. For this album the band put three simple
rules in place. First, to lyrically examine the world around them
and to not shy away from stating where they stood. Second, to
keep production to a minimum. And finally, to make a cohesive
album that re-imagined rock and roll’s glory days.
On “American Rust”, Donoma burst through expectations. With
eight songs blazing through at thirty-four minutes, listeners are
taken on a journey through today’s America with all of its hopes
and dreams and flaws. The album opens with “Rustbelt Tragedy”,
a no holds barred tribute to the American worker and ends with
“Road Song”, which tells the story of one man’s realization that he
must fight for what he believes in. Between those staggering
bookends, Donoma tackles millennial angst with the punky
“Nobody Wants Us”, race relations on “Hands Are Up”, the young
dreamer coming to America on the lilting “Maria”, the tour-deforce rallying cry of “Common Man”, climate change on “Home”,
and finally an assault on gun violence and the N.R.A. in the
chilling “Ballad of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.”
Paddy Fineran of Music Matters says that “American Rust” is
“delivered with a steely focus on melody, moxie, and mettle with a
fair amount of magic thrown in”, and “This is what music lovers
have been waiting twenty years for, the return of great rock n’
roll.” The Wisconsin Gazette called Donoma, “a group known for
its diverse music, eccentric attitude, and outspoken activism.”
The Wisconsin State Journal pitched Donoma as, “one of the most
eclectic bands in the state.” Wisconsin’s top music paper,
Shepherd Express added, “The band has an attacking sound, the
raw energy of artists in rebellion … Donoma merges influences
ranging from punk to Pearl Jam in to a Frankenstew of menace
and compassion.”
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