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Alice Gerrard (born July 8, 1934) is an American bluegrass singer, banjoist, fiddler, and guitar player. She performed as part of a duo with Hazel Dickens, and as part of The Strange Creek Singers (with Dickens, Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz, and Lamar Grier) and The Back Creek Buddies (with Matokie Slaughter ).
Oct 12, 2023 · Alice Gerrard, once a part of the bluegrass duo Hazel and Alice, returns with a new album to rally for trans rights and gun reform.
Old-time music great Alice Gerrard keeps adding to her legacy - Washington Post. 2015 Grammy Nominee. "Alice has a haunting and distinctive voice and she can do anything— holler, shout, belt it out, swing a little, croon a little, and then flat-out break your heart." Lee Smith.
When Hazel and Alice sang together, the chemistry of their voices was breathtaking, Gerrard’s round and hollering birdsong anchored by Dickens’ inimitable and piercing tenor. On the surface, the two formed an unlikely partnership: Dickens, a hardworking country girl whose formal education ended after seventh grade, and Gerrard, a younger ...
Oct 13, 2022 · Hazel and Alice’s albums helped expand bluegrass’s purview, not only with personnel but also with the politics of unions, feminism and civil rights. Alycee Byrd for The New York Times. By...
Known for her groundbreaking collaboration with Appalachian singer Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s, the duo produced four classic LPs on Rounder and Folkways that influenced scores of young women singers. "Their sound electrified the folk world, and women, in particular, were inspired by their example.
Oct 1, 2020 · Hazel & Alice by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, released 01 January 1973 1. Mining Camp Blues 2. Hello Stranger 3. The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia 4. A Few More Years Shall Roll 5. Two Soldiers 6. The Sweetest Gift A Mother's Smile 7. Tomorrow I'll Be Gone 8. My Better Years 9. Custom Made Woman Blues 10.
