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Alice Gerrard is a talent of legendary status. In a career spanning some 40 years, she has known, learned from, and performed with many of the old-time and bluegrass greats and has in turn earned worldwide respect for her own important contributions to the music. She is especially known for her groundbreaking collaborations with singer Hazel Dickens as Hazel and Alice, as well as with many other bluegrass and traditional greats. A major influence on women musicians like the Judds (who credit them), Alice, along with Hazel, broke ground for many women musicians to follow. The title song of this album "Calling Me Home"..."perfectly sums up the tenor of this collection. Drawn for old-time ballad singing, fiddling, bluegrass, and early country music, Alice pays loving homage to these connected and yet disparate styles...and her unmistakable voice makes us see them as connected: separate constellation in the same sky. She has made a music that is at once ancient and personal.... Songwriter with string band, singing her heart out."—Laurie Lewis. The songs on the CD are a mixture of Alice's own compositions, traditional songs, and early country songs. Supporting Alice on the CD are Brad Leftwich, Kate Brislin, Jody Stecher, Eric Thompson, Suzy Thompson, Steven Strauss, Tom Sauber, Gail Gillespie, Carl Jones, Pan Riggs, Mike Craver, Jim Watson, Leroy Savage, Rex McGee, Mike Auldridge, John Worthington, and Danny Gotham