Thursday, December 11, 2025

A conversation with Alice Gerrard: “That was just the way it was back then, I mean, it was definitely a man’s world”

By Devon Léger

A pivotal and pioneering figure in the history of US old-time and bluegrass, Alice Gerrard sits down with Devon Léger for a career-spanning chat through her highs and lows and how she blazed a trail for other female performers

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