Hazel Dickens, of course, is the musical coal mining country “mountain girl” who’s broken more than one mold in her remarkable lifetime. Not content just to cry in the holler, stick to safe topics or ...

Alice Gerrard is one of the trailblazing musicians who will be honored during a series of free events March 5-8 in Knoxville.

Hazel Dickens, a singer, songwriter and musician from West Virginia who was a pioneering force in bluegrass music and a strong and eloquent voice for coal miners, the poor and women, has died. She was ...

Trailblazing bluegrass and folk singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens recently died at the age of 76. Dickens was a performer whose childhood in a West Virginia coal mining town led her to become a labor ...

Dickens and Gerrard were successful solo folk musicians who also shared an eclectic approach to music. A new album of previously unreleased recordings feature the pair "unvarnished" and "unplugged." ...

On the final day of the 10th anniversary of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Hazel Dickens, the festival's spiritual leader, stood on the Banjo Stage and told the audience that she thought it wouldn't even ...

They're separated by four decades of age and several degrees of exposure to the music business, but at this rare Gotham summit, Appalachian products Hazel Dickens and Will Oldham came across as ...

Folk musician Hazel Dickens is enjoying a resurgence of interest in her work. She’s the star of a documentary about her life and is giving concerts around the United States. (WOMENSENEWS)–Hazel ...

Trailblazing female bluegrass singer-guitarist Hazel Dickens died April 22 in Washington, D.C., of complications from pneumonia. She was 75. Daughter of a large West Virginia coal-mining family, ...

Often called the “First Lady of Bluegrass,” Hazel Dickens was known for all types of songs, from emotional tunes about love and family to no-holds-barred anthems of protest and dissent. While she ...

The high lonesome sound that touched so many, so deeply, could only have been born of both strife and fight-back in equal proportions. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and ...

Folksinger Hazel Dickens died April 22 in Washington, D.C. of complications from pneumonia. She was 75. Dickens, whose career began in the midst of the 1960s’ folk revival, was a significant figure in ...