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| Home/Wet Mountain Valley/On the road/Hand papermaking/Maine Coon cats/Music we love/Bev's gallery/In memoriam/Email us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connie Dover |
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Latest news of Connie's doings |
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| PIX -- Connie Dover was in town for the Scottish Festival and Highland Games and we got to meet her! What a genuinely *nice* person! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A friend introduced me to the music of Connie Dover last year, and I have been a fan ever since. She sings Scottish, Irish, and Appalachian and western folk songs with the voice of an angel. Folk music is music that tells a story--my favorite kind of music. When I listen to Connie sing, I can imagine that I'm hearing the voices of my Celtic great-greats. They came from Scotland to the Ozarks, probably by way of the Appalachians. |
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To listen to musical clips, visit Connie's website |
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| Yet, Connie's music is not rigidly 'traditional'; she mixes the Celtic with an American folk sensibility, creating something fresh and contemporary. She finds a fragment of an old Scottish folk song, and completes it! That is true folk music--a living, breathing art that is passed down, and sometimes altered along the way. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pictures courtesy of Connie Dover. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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