Laurelyn Dossett
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Singer and songwriter Laurelyn Dossett was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in a hymn-singing family. She is the 2004 winner of Merlefest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Contest for her gospel song, “Come by Here.” Her song “Anna Lee” was recorded by Levon Helm and included on his Grammy-winning CD “Dirt Farmer.” In 1997 she founded the band Polecat Creek with singing partner Kari Sickenberger; they have two CDs: Salt Sea Bound and Leaving Eden. Leaving Eden’s title track, about the lost of textile jobs in Eden, NC, has been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and on the BBC. Laurelyn and playwright Preston Lane have collaborated on three plays: Triad Stage’s Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity, and Bloody Blackbeard. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina with her husband and three daughters.
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It’s Time To Celebrate
31 Aug 2009 | from www.dotmatrixproject.com
Photo by Stephen Charles
The exhibit… is up.
That was only a few months in the making.
This Friday night @ The Green Bean is the exhibit’s opening, featuring the music of past DMP performers: Laurelyn Dossett, Mr. …
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Thinking About CCommunity
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Singer/Songwriters: Take Off Your Clothes. Thursday, June 25 Live at the dotmatrix…
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A little something for the ladies, moms and grandmoms on Mother’s Day. Free. Live.…
6 May 2009 | from www.dotmatrixproject.com
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Callorian added Laurelyn Dossett to Callorian’s library. September 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘It’s Time To Celebrate’. August 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘Thinking About CCommunity’. August 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘A little something for the ladies, moms and grandmoms on Mother’s Day. Free. Live.…’. July 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘Singer/Songwriters: Take Off Your Clothes. Thursday, June 25 Live at the dotmatrix…’. July 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘Harvey’s Kitchen: Laurelyn Dossett’. July 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘Laurelyn Dossett: Leaving Eden’. July 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘Mark Smith Photography: Laurelyn Dossett’. July 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘Kevin Belton Photography: Laurelyn Dossett’. July 2009
- Laurelyn Dossett posted a news item ‘Mark Smith Photography: Rhiannon Giddens’. July 2009
