So one by one we all left home to change our way of life. . . . You gave me a song of a place that I call home A song of now, a song of then, a song of yet to come. —“You Gave Me a Song” (words and ...

Alice Gerrard’s “No Never No” is based on a song she found in a songbook at a thrift shop. Alice Gerrard plays “No Never No,” which is based on a tune she found in a songbook at a thrift shop. She and ...

When we first meet old-time musician Alice Gerrard in the new, locally produced documentary You Gave Me a Song, which screens in Full Frame on Sunday, she’s giving us a tour of her crowded home office ...

A little more than a decade ago, Alice Gerrard received an invitation to perform at a fiddle camp in Washington state. “Should I bring an older musician with me?” Gerrard, 76 at the time, asked her ...

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 ...

Folk legend Alice Gerrard performs songs from communities that have inspired her. For 80 years, Alice Gerrard has studied, played and preserved American folk music, influencing countless musicians, ...

Each week, American Routes brings you Shortcuts, a sneak peek at the upcoming show. Alice Gerrard has been a musician, researcher, publisher, and advocate for old-time music for much of her life.

It seems no matter how hard Alice Gerrard tries, she can’t seem to slow down. Gerrard, a Grammy-nominated bluegrass Hall of Fame musician, has a schedule with a dizzying blur of travel — teaching, ...

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." ...

Movie"This is one woman's story of being traditional, never conventional. This is a film about getting older, but never giving up." You Gave Me A Song offers an intimate portrait of old-time music ...

Alice Gerrard has been a musician, researcher, publisher, and advocate for old-time music for much of her life. She's best known for performing and recording bluegrass and country with West Virginian, ...