Pioneering Women of Bluegrass
produced by Peter K. Siegel, 1944- (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1996), 1 hour 8 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- American Music
- Description
- When Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard recorded these songs in the mid-1960s, bluegrass music was dominated by male performers. They selected their favorite songs and arranged them for a stellar group of sidemenbluegrass legends Lamar Grier, Chubby Wise, David Grisman, and Billy Baker. Their widely admired performances made them role models for future generations of women in bluegrass. The 26 tracks have been remastered, resequenced, and newly annotated by the performers themselves. Includes Long Black Veil, The One I Love Is Gone, and I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling. "Hazel and Alice blast out vintage bluegrass-country soundsongs with fierce, raucous energy." Time Magazine
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 8 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Bluegrass
- Label
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Producer
- Peter K. Siegel, 1944-
- Release Date
- 1996
- Subject
- American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, Bluegrass Music, United States and Canada, Bluegrass, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Bluegrass, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá