Connie Dover is an
American singer-songwriter who primarily writes and performs
Celtic music and American
folk music. Born in
Arkansas and raised in
Kansas City, Missouri, she started her career playing
bluegrass before joining Celtic
band Scartaglen in the early 1980s. In the 1990s, she began a solo career and has released four solo albums since 1991's
Somebody, all on the Taylor Park Music label, with noted Scottish musician
Phil Cunningham of
Silly Wizard serving as producer. She completed recording a CD of traditional Christmas songs and carols with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, entitled
The Holly and the Ivy, which was released in 2008.