Hazel Dickens

  • Hazel Dickens Award?

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    The passing of Hazel Dickens on Friday (4/22) has already prompted much comment and praise, for her unique musical talent, and distinguishing her as a charming and gracious lady. Among the various thoughts expressed is the idea of her being swiftly

  • Hazel Dickens funeral arrangements

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    Funeral services for Hazel Jane Dickens will be held on Tuesday (4/26) in Princeton, West Virginia. Arrangements are being made by the Seaver Funeral Home, 1507 North Walker Street, Princeton, West Virginia 24748. Details regarding visitation, the service and interment can

  • Hazel Dickens – An Appreciation

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    Sometime soon, the powers that be at IBMA will sit down to determine who to add to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Hazel Dickens’ name will come up. It always does. And the usual arguments will come up, too. They

  • Hazel Dickens passes

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    Hazel Dickens, a musical pioneer who paved the way for female bluegrass artists like Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent and Claire Lynch, died today at 75. Dickens had been in ill health throughout the winter and was not able to be on

  • Hazel Dickens Tribute

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    More than a decade ago, bassist Todd Phillips walked into his first rehearsal for a reunion tour by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, and was caught by surprise. “I realized things I thought of as traditional or Carter Family were actually

  • Another Award For Hazel Dickens

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    Hazel Dickens, a pioneer who helped clear the bluegrass trail for Claire Lynch, Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent and others, will soon collect another award for her mantel. Dickens, 75, is the second winner of the D.C. Bluegrass Union’s Washington Monument Award

  • Hazel Dickens

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    This post is a contribution from David Morris, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. While most of the bluegrass world is focusing on the approaching 100th anniversary of Bill Monroe’s birth, another pioneer of the genre, Hazel

  • Working Girl Blues: It’s a winner

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    Working Girl Blues: The Life And Music Of Hazel Dickens by Hazel Dickens and Bill Malone, has been named the winner of a Certificate of Merit for the 2009 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded