Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969

Beloved bluegrass trailblazers Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard are revered as pioneers of the form, who challenged the norm at a time when, bluegrass remained largely in the purview of men. Nowhere is this more clear than on a set of newly unearthed recordings, 'Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969'.

Sources from Alice's private archive and digitized with help from the Southern Folklife Collection at UNC Chapel Hill, the recordings invite us to witness the creative process of these towering figures- just two voices and a handful of instruments working out arrangements at home.

Across 19 tracks the duo sings classic country of the The Carter Family, The Louvin Brothers, and Jimmie Rodgers; contemporary hits of the 1960's penned by Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard; and barn-burning traditional standards that blur the line between old-time and early bluegrass. 'Sing Me Back Home' is a raw, unfiltered listen to Hazel & Alice at the height of their collaborative energy.