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Dori Freeman in Concert

Listening to Dori Freeman for the first time is a Loretta Lynn moment. How could a voice this pure come out of the tiny Appalachian town of Galax, Virginia? How could a songwriter so powerfully attuned to a womans heart come out with an album this beautiful without having been discovered already? Dori Freemans debut album heralds the arrival of a major new name in Americana music. And while Lynn had to move across the US to make her break, Freemans got no intention of leaving Galax; shed rather just bring everyone closer to her. Thats just what she did with all-star producer Teddy Thompson, the son of Richard & Linda Thompson, who discovered Freeman over Facebook and agreed to produce her debut album based on the power of Freemans singing and songwriting.

Theres a deep vein of music running through the generations of Galax, Virginia. Families of musicians dating back a hundred years in this region have taken a no-compromise approach to their heritage, singing as easily about modern life as they would about the courtly lovers of the old ballads. What ties all these generations together is the voice; that haunting, high-lonesome sound that can nearly strip paint off a wall. Dori Freemans inherited this voice, just as shes inherited a streak of musical heritage as deep as a coal mine. On her debut album, she proves that the music of modern Appalachia is in very good hands today.

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