Laurelyn Dossett and Kari Sickenberger; vocals and guitar
With Natalya Weinstein; fiddle, and Riley Baugus; banjo
Influences
The Carter Family, Alice Gerrard, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Emmylou Harris
Sounds Like
"When listening to this record I feel like a traveler who just scored a ride from the coolest gals in town. Sometimes it feels like we're in a 1955 Chevy pick-up doing forty in the fast lane of a modern interstate. Other times weve got the a.c. cranked, but the four-lanes been forsaken for dusty gravel roads. Like all things of the rural South, this music balances past and present at every turn. It brings us on a journey that skirts mountains, delta, piedmont, and bayou, and it looks at life from as many points of view. We always end up where we want to be, with at least a little dust (or red clay, or swamp mud, or axel grease) on our shoes." - Dirk Powell
Polecat Creek’s “Ordinary Seasons” now at www.polecatcreek.net
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Retail Street Date October 9, 2007, Burnside Distribution
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North Carolina-based Polecat Creek has released its third recording, Ordinary Seasons. Laurelyn Dossett and Kari Sickenberger, the duo known as Polecat Creek, once again offer up their compelling songwriting and lovely command of vocal harmony. Ordinary Seasons is co-produced by Steven Heller, who has multiple Grammy Awards for his work with Doc Watson and David Holt. **************************************************************
More personal than its predecessor Leaving Eden, Polecat Creek's third CD grabs the Tough Subjects - death, temptation, old age - with both hands and stares them down…in a nice way. Laurelyn and Kari are true roots musicians, rooted in 2007, rooted in life as they see it around them. They're not paying homage to tradition for tradition's sake, and they're not hearkening back to some bygone era. Ordinary life, in Ordinary Seasons, where cardinals fly through the yard, hurricanes happen, temptation is tough to resist, and people around you might speak Spanish. Where ultimately you will grow old and die, and the only thing that matters is what's in your heart. This album takes those seemingly ordinary things, and shows us the extraordinary within them. ****************************************************************
Ordinary Seasons was recorded live over five warm June days at Upstream Productions in Asheville, NC. It features Sugar Hill artist Riley Baugus, whose distinctive banjo and guitar work has characterized Polecat Creek’s sound over the years. And it introduces two young artists, fiddler Natalya Weinstein and mandolin player Eric Robertson, both of whom bring a fresh take to the traditional sounds, with the virtuosity of veteran bassist Jeff Hersk. The musicianship is first-rate throughout and superbly integrated, bringing the stories of Ordinary Seasons into fullest color.
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With Ordinary Seasons, Polecat Creek fuses traditional mountain melodies with new lyrics and the result is sublime. The production is nicely transparent, allowing Laurelyn and Kari's beautiful duet singing to shine brightly through a fresh acoustic weave. The group has the knack of fitting new songs and old songs seamlessly together. Simply put, this is plain good music.” Tim O’Brien
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AVAILABLE NOW AT WWW.POLECATCREEK.NET
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Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
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