It's hard to think of anyone since Woody Guthrie whose songs are as powerful and poignant and yet as stageringly simple as Hazel Dickens'. Her strident, impassioned voice belongs to a period when story and feeling mattered.
"The vocal styles she uses, strident, vigorous and harsh, or wistful,...
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It's hard to think of anyone since Woody Guthrie whose songs are as powerful and poignant and yet as stageringly simple as Hazel Dickens'. Her strident, impassioned voice belongs to a period when story and feeling mattered.
"The vocal styles she uses, strident, vigorous and harsh, or wistful, lonesome and melancholy, combining elements of Southern church singing, country music and bluegrass, are those of a country woman who identifies with the most basic aesthetic and ethical values of her people. Generations who follow us and who have forgotten the top ten tunes on today's pop and country music charts will know and respect Hazel's music because hers is art of timeless and enduring values." --Ralph Rinzler, from his liner notes
Somehow, this odd mixture resulted in two classic albums, of which 'HAZEL DICKENS AND ALICE GERRARD' is the second. Rather than focusing exclusively on work, death, and the hard lot of women (as did the first album, 'HAZEL & ALICE'), 'HAZEL DICKENS AND ALICE GERRARD' broadens its scope to include love songs, cheating songs, and the bawdy 'Nice Like That.' The album benefits from its breadth of material as well as from its two principals' remarkable singing and songwriting talents. Although not as iconic as its predecessor, the duo's second album is a strong and extremely worthwhile effort.
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