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Biography
Connie Dover is an United States|American singer-songwriter who primarily writes and performs Celtic music and American folk music . Born in Arkansas and raised in Kansas City, Missouri , she started her career playing bluegrass music|bluegrass before joining Celtic musical band|band Scartaglen (Celtic group)|Scartaglen in the early 1980s. In the 1990s, she began a solo career and has released four solo albums since 1991's Somebody , all on the Taylor Park Music label, with noted Scottish musician Phil Cunningham (folk musician)|Phil Cunningham of Silly Wizard serving as producer. She completed recording a CD of traditional Christmas songs and carols with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, entitled The Holly and the Ivy , which was released in 2008.
Her broadcast performances include guest appearances and features on NPR 's Weekend Edition (Saturday and Sunday), A Prairie Home Companion , The Thistle & Shamrock , MountainStage and E-Town .
Connie's work as a writer and composer has flourished alongside her performance career. She received a 2007 Emmy Award for her production of acoustic music for the KCPT public television production Bad Blood: The Border War that Triggered the Civil War . Her original music earned a Grand Prize in the 2007 Yellowstone & Teton Song Contest, sponsored by the Western Folklife Center (Elko, Nevada), and she is a recipient of the Speakeasy Prize in Poetry, sponsored by The Loft, America's largest independent literary center. Her book of poems, Winter Count , was published in 2007 by Unholy Day Press.
Connie has twice been a finalist for the AFIM Indie Award, and other accolades for her music include being named a Top Ten Folk Release by Tower Records' Pulse! Magazine, a Winning Favourite Folk Release by The Scotsman, Scotland's National Newspaper, a Boston Globe Top Ten Folk Release, a nomination for Scotland's Living Tradition Award Album of the Year and a Creative Achievement Award from Time Warner's Hollywood On-Line. She has been a finalist for two Native American Music Awards, and for two New Age Voice Music Awards for Best Vocalist and Best Celtic Release.
The Holly & The Ivy , Taylor Park Music, 2009 (with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra)
External links
http://www.conniedover.com/ Official website
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p1961|pure_url=yes Entry on Allmusic
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=102168188 NPR Story
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