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Laurelyn’s song “Anna Lee” (from Brother Wolf) is included on Levon Helm’s upcoming CD, Dirt Farmer, released October 30, 2007.  www.levonhelm.com

The 2008 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album goes to Levon Helm for Dirt Farmer !

Levon Helm took home the top honors at the third annual Folk Alliance Awards Helm was named Traditional Artist Of The Year at the Memphis, Tennessee event.

"Carpooling on a Grammy Road:" Article by Jeri Rowe.

Levon performs Anna Lee:  Click to read about it in the LA Times and the NYTimes .

Brother Wolf will be staged by the Human Race Theatre and Rhythm In Shoes dance company in Dayton, Ohio as part of their 2008-2009 seaon.

Beautiful Star 2007 breaks Triad Stage's box office records:

NC's Triad StageHas a Grass-Roots Holiday Hit With Beautiful Star
– Kenneth Jones, Playbill.com
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Beautiful Star still has its magic the 2nd time around: Greensboro troupe uses bluegrass music to tell stories from the Bible
"A perfect gift bears repeating...Triad Stage's seasonal hit has lost no glory with this second offering."
– Julie York Coppens, Charlotte Observer
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Back, Brighter Than Ever: Triad Stage's Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity , will feature traditional Christmas music as well as songs written by Laurelynn Dossett.
– Mary Martin Niepold, Winston-Salem Journal
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A new tradition: Triad Stage brings back its quirky yet poignant holiday show
– Brian Rose, Burlington Times-News
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Brother Wolf has been invited to present at the Songwriters Showcase at the Festival for New Musicals on October 7, 2007, at the New World Theatre in New York. www.namt.org

Polecat Creek has an Americana Music Association showcase at the Station Inn in Nashville on Saturday, November 3, 2007.  www.americanamusic.org

Polecat Creek’s new CD, Ordinary Seasons, released in September 2007.  www.polecatcreek.net

Preston Lane and Laurelyn featured in October 2007 issue of Our State Magazine. www.ourstate.com

Beautiful Star to return to Triad Stage for a four week run: November 23 – December 23, 2007.  Rhiannon Giddens returning, with fiddler Stephanie Coleman and Andrew Eversole on banjo! www.triadstage.org

Riley Baugus (with Polecat Creek) and Rhiannon Giddens (of Beautiful Star and the Carolina Chocolate Drops) featured in September 2007 issue of Our State Magazine.  www.ourstate.com

Laurelyn taught songwriting this summer at Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV.

Brother Wolf featured at Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, NC.

Laurelyn and Preston are writing Bloody Blackbeard for June 2008 premiere at Triad Stage.

Beautiful Star called "Best Original Music" in The Independent's "Best Theatre of 2006," and is scheduled for return to Triad Stage in December 2007.

 

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