Connie Dover Laddie Lie Near Me

Acclaimed by the Boston Globe as "the finest folk ballad singer America has produced since Joan Baez," Connie Dover is a singer, poet and Emmy Award-winning producer and composer. Her soaring, crystal-clear voice and inspired arrangements of traditional music of Scotland, Ireland and the American West display a depth and breadth of range that have earned her a rightful place among the world's finest traditional singers.

Connie began her Celtic music career as a lead singer for the Kansas City-based Irish band Scartaglen. She has collaborated with musical friends on both sides of the Atlantic, performing on radio, television, and in concert throughout North and South America. Her broadcast performances include guest appearances on NPR's Weekend Edition, A Prairie Home Companion, Thistle and Shamrock, Mountain Stage and E-Town.

Connie's solo CDs, Somebody, The Wishing Well, If Ever I Return and The Border of Heaven, have firmly established her reputation as a world-class vocalist, garnering rave reviews. Recorded in Scotland and produced by Scottish music legend Phil Cunningham, her music features instrumentation by some of Scotland, Ireland and America's finest traditional musicians. She has recently completed recording a CD of traditional Christmas songs and carols with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, entitled The Holly and the Ivy, which will be released in 2008.

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.

Connie founded the Taylor Park Music record label to release her music, which is now distributed worldwide, and she has contributed songs to compilations on the Narada, Sony, Virgin, EMI and Rounder record labels. She has been a guest on numerous collections of folk and world music, and on film and television soundtracks, including the PBS programs Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie and Water and Fire: A Story of the Ozarks (which won two Emmy awards for music), and she was a music consultant for the Ang Lee Civil War film epic, Ride with the Devil.

Born in Arkansas and raised in Missouri, Connie Dover is of English, Cherokee, Mexican and Scots/Irish descent. She discovered the wealth of the Celtic music tradition as a teenager, and began a search which continues to this day, devoting her life to the collection, preservation and performance of traditional songs and ballads. Her history degree, earned from William Jewell College, and her undergraduate work at Oxford University have further enriched her unique perspective of the cultural context of folk music, and her insightful interpretations bring ancient ballads to life. Her classes and workshops exploring the creative core of writing and performance are a hallmark of her work.

When Connie is not performing, she works as a ranch cook in the beautiful country between Wyoming's Wind River and Absaroka Mountains (and where she can often be heard singing old-time songs around a roaring campfire to the accompaniment of hoarse cowboys and lowing cattle). The theme which runs through her work is the exploration of the common ground between British Isles and American folk music, and she offers the modern listener a musical experience that transcends cultural boundaries and affirms our connection with the past. A warm and engaging performer, and a singer and composer of the highest order, Connie Dover's diverse background and interests are reflected in the depth and richness of her approach to traditional music.

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[shangqinli]

Additum: (I forgot to tell you that...)

Showing the lyrics over some of the photos was also a very good idea. Where did you take the photos, in Ireland, all of them ?

[LilysApple]

Well, the song hold a deep meaning for me, the lyrics I included in the video were just very prominent for me. The photos came mostly from free wallpaper sites and duty free web pages. I've not been to Ireland but it's always been a dream of mine to settle there. Thanks again Shan, your comments really do mean so much to me.

[shangqinli]

A superb combination of beautiful photos with a lovely romantic music sung by a magical voice. Your video really deserves an award. Thank you for such a touching moment of sheer wonder. And I mean it !

[LilysApple]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make such a wonderful comment. I'm pleased you liked it. I love Connie Dover as well.

xxx

Lily

[shangqinli]

My dear Lily, I do wish I could spend much more time under that kind of enchantment. You really (and obviously) are a lady of good taste, talent (and very skillful, too -I could never have made such a wonderful video myself). This video IS your image, and that goes to show you are a very sensitive...and beautiful person.

[LilysApple]

Of course you can make a video as good as if not better just put your heart into it and it'll happen for you, that's all I do. And your rite this video does sum me up. Thanks again you've been too kind.

xx

[Nuitdejour]

I adore this song!!! C. Dover is one of the best voices in Celtic music

[Roybak45]

Connie sings with such honesty, she must be a songwriters dream, never a hint of selfishness.

[gladys12373]

"And sparkles like the...???" What's that last word? I can't read the calligraphy.

[ylkerkulac]

Connie! You are amazing! I am your fan from Turkey. I really adore your voice!

[LCarterDotCom]

I just posted a LIVE, ACCAPELLA song by Connie from the DVD "Scots on the Kaw" on my channel. It is an exquisite performance from Lawrence Scottish Fest! Check it out at at the LCarterDotCom channel. I am the Executive Producer of the DVD and Producer of Lawrence Scottish Fest.

[starclan101]

Peter Hammerstedt from Sea Shepherd says he likes her, so I was like, I MUST LISTEN!

[garth8062]

to long with out a comment. love Connie and this song. its on my fav's.

[auntiewewe2]

Absolutely beautiful!!!! Just love it! Thank you..best wishes from Aussieland.

[killerbrownie]

i love connie dover. what a great job on this song