- Polecat Creek
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Name = Polecat Creek
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Origin =Greensboro ,North Carolina
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Genre = BluegrassTraditional
Years_active = 1990s-present
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URL = [http://polecatcreek.net/]
[http://polecatcreek.net/ PolecatCreek.net]
Current_members = Kari Sickenberger, Laurelyn DossetPolecat Creek is a folk band based out of
North Carolina . It was formed in the mid-1990s by Kari Sickenberger and Laurelyn Dossett, after they met at a book club inGreensboro, NC . They have released three CDs: "Salt Sea Bound" (2002), "Leaving Eden" (2004), and "Ordinary Seasons" (2007).Polecat Creek won the neo-traditional contest at the 2006 Appalachian String Band Festival. Dossett won the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest in 2004 in the gospel category. The group has performed with
Garrison Keillor and played various festivals — includingMerleFest ,City Stages (Birmingham, Alabama), First Night Raleigh,FloydFest , and Shakori Hills, as well as concerts and harmony workshops around the Southeast. They are frequently joined in concert by Riley Baugus on banjo and guitar and Natalya Weinstein on fiddle.Dossett is married to
Justin Catanoso , author of "My Cousin the Saint -- A Search for Faith, Family and Miracles."External links
* [http://www.polecatcreek.net Polecat Creek]
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