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 ...

To hear Alice Gerrard tell it, when she and her musical partner Hazel Dickens began singing together in the 1960s, they never imagined the revolutionary Hall-of-Fame career they were setting in motion ...

PIPESTEM, WV (WVNS) – One of the most important names in the state’s musical history is being recognized this weekend as Hazel Dickens is set to be inducted into the West Virginia Hall of Fame at ...

Musician Hazel Dickens (June 1, 1935-April 22, 2011) was born in Mercer County, the eighth of 11 children. She was a pioneering old-time and bluegrass musician, known for preserving the traditional ...

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 ...

With their unique harmonies, the bluegrass duo of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard blazed trails for female folk singers in the 1960s and ‘70s. They were also civil rights activists who used their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hazel Dickens, a folk singer and bluegrass musician who advocated for coal miners, has died at age 75. By Associated Press Hazel Dickens, a folk singer and bluegrass musician who advocated for coal ...

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 ...

Still churning out songs ""that challenge the easy complacency and corporate arrogance of our time,"" influential Appalachian singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens has devoted her life to writing music not ...