Music
Alice’s recording career began in 1965 with Who’s That Knocking? It has continued through the years with singing partners Hazel Dickens, Tom Sauber, Brad Leftwich, The Harmony Sisters, The Strange Creek Singers, and her many collaborations with traditional musicians such as Matokie Slaughter, Tommy Jarrell and others.
She has appeared on and collaborated with several Smithsonian Folkways compilations featuring musicians such as Elizabeth Cotten and Mike Seeger. Inventory of Alice’s field recordings and interviews with traditional musicians is archived at The Southern Folklife Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill: Alice Gerrard Music Collection, 1954-2000.
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Alice talks about her music and learning from traditional musicians in this video produced for the 2009 Community Folklife Documentation Institute (CFDI).
Alice Gerrard Music
PO Box 52353
Durham NC 27717
