Release Date: 02 November 2018
Label: Free Dirt Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 877746008726
Description
Beloved bluegrass trailblazers Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard are revered as pioneers of the form, who challenged the norm at a time when, bluegrass remained largely in the purview of men. Nowhere is this more clear than on a set of newly unearthed recordings, 'Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969'.
Sources from Alice's private archive and digitized with help from the Southern Folklife Collection at UNC Chapel Hill, the recordings invite us to witness the creative process of these towering figures- just two voices and a handful of instruments working out arrangements at home.
Across 19 tracks the duo sings classic country of the The Carter Family, The Louvin Brothers, and Jimmie Rodgers; contemporary hits of the 1960's penned by Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard; and barn-burning traditional standards that blur the line between old-time and early bluegrass. 'Sing Me Back Home' is a raw, unfiltered listen to Hazel & Alice at the height of their collaborative energy.
Tracklisting
Kaia Kater
Leon Rosselson
Cinder Well
Jake Blount
Mama's Broke
Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard
