Connie Dover is an American singer-songwriter who primarily writes and performs

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and American

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. Born in

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and raised in

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, she started her career playing bluegrass before joining Celtic band

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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 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 ''

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'' (Saturday and Sunday), ''

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'', '' The Thistle & Shamrock'', ''Mountain Stage'' and ''E-Town''. Connie's work as a writer and composer has flourished alongside her performance career. She received a 2007

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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 ''

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'' 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.

Discography

*''Somebody'', Taylor Park Music, 1991 *''The Wishing Well'', Taylor Park Music, 1994 *''If Ever I Return'', Taylor Park Music, 1997 *''The Border of Heaven'', Taylor Park Music, 2000 *''The Holly & The Ivy'', Taylor Park Music, 2009 (with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra) *''Restless Angel'', Taylor Park Music, 2016

External links

Official website
* Entry on Allmusicbr>NPR Story
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