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 ...

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 ...

This is FRESH AIR. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard each had a successful folk music career before they started recording together the country and bluegrass music they loved. Emmylou Harris, Rosanne ...

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, ...

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 ...

Hazel Dickens, a troubadour of hard times whose raw, heartfelt songs about coal miners and the life of the downtrodden made her a revered figure in country and bluegrass music, died April 22 at the ...

Hazel Dickens wrote and sang songs about West Virginia coal-mining towns and working-class women. She influenced bluegrass, folk and country singers like Emmylou Harris and Allison Krauss, who ...

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." ...

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 ...