专辑简介

"Alice has a haunting and distinctive voice and she can do anything—holler, shout, belt it out, swing a little, croon a little, and then flat-out break your heart."—Lee Smith

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. This album, from 1994, is the first of her solo CDs and received wide critical acclaim in Billboard, Bluegrass Unlimited, New Country, and other publications. This superb recording showcase Alice’s many talents: her compelling, eclectic songwriting; her powerful, hard-edged vocals; and her instrumental mastery on rhythm guitar and banjo. "Alice has allowed her love of The Ancient Tones to guide her along a dusty pathway ...bending her ear to catch the perfect turn of a note and learning to reproduce it.... She has made a music that is at once ancient and personal."- Laurie Lewis Supporting musicians and singers on the album include Jody Stecher, Kate Brislin, Kay Justice, Tony Williamson, John Worthington, Jim Watson, Al McCanless, Nancy Gottovi, and Chris Frank on harmony vocals, bass, lead, rhythm and slide guitar, mandolin, fiddle, piano, and banjo.