Donna Burke, a singer and narrator, was born in Perth, Australia, and moved to Tokyo, Japan in 1996. She lives with her guitarist and husband Bill Benfield and her three cats.
Formerly an English teacher, she gave up that pursuit and went on the path of singing. Donna has had over 10 years of classical voice lessons, and does jazz, classical, techno, folk, and rock concerts. Because of this, she has been described by multiple reviews as "one of the world's most versatile singers."
Donna has 3 solo albums, a single, and can be heard on many anime and video game soundtracks, including Turn-A Gundam, Haibane Renmei, Vandread, and Final Fantasy. Additionally, she has been credited as a lyricist and a CM vocalist.
Ms. Burke also does voiceovers for commericals, games, dubbed anime, and the English guidance voice on the Shinkansen bullet train system. She has acted in several video games, such as the Shenmue, and the Silent Hill series, and has been credited in several OVA's such as Strange Dawn , Hoshi no Koe and Trip Trek .
Recently, Donna performed her single "Goodbye Nakamura" on the Japanese program J-Wave and had performances on NHK Radio . Her new album entitled "Blue Nights" is expected to come out early next year.
Solo Discography
- Lost and Found (2001)
- Éirí na Gréine (2001)
- Donna Burke (2002)
- Goodbye Nakamura [Single] (2004)
Featured Discography
- The "Yamaha Educational Children's Songs" CDs / Various Artists (1997-2003 - vocals for several tracks)
- "Para Para Panic" CDs - Volumes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 / Various Artists (2000 - vocals for several tracks)
- Konami Beatmania - "Hero" / Various Artists (2000 - vocals for several tracks)
- "ABBA Ibiza Caliente Mix" / ABBA, Sabu (2001 - vocals for several tracks)
- Vandread: Original OVA Soundtrack 1 / Yasunori Iwasaki , Various Artists (2001 - vocal for "What a Wonderful World)
- Vandread: Original OVA Soundtrack 2 / Yasunori Iwasaki , Various Artists (2001 - vocal and lyrics for "Somedays")
- Turn-A Gundam: Original Movie Soundtrack - "Wakusei no Gogo, Bokura wa Kisu wo Shita" / Yoko Kanno (2002 - vocal for "After All")
- "Seven"/ V6 (pop group) (2002 - lyrics for "One")
- "RWC Music Database: Royalty-Free Music" / Various Artists (2003 - vocals for several tracks)
- Haibane Renmei: Original OVA Soundtrack 1 - "Hane no Ne" / Kou Ootani , Masumi Sakaue (2003 - vocal and lyrics for "Wondering")
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