Hazel Dickens
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Hazel Jane Dickens was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist, guitarist and banjo player. Her music was characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her p
Hazel Dickens
Dickens was known for her activism on behalf of non-unionized mineworkers
Grave in Princeton, West Virginia
Songcatcher
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Songcatcher is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carol
Hazel Dickens
…against scab workers, wage rights, and health conditions; she contributed four songs to the film's soundtrack. She also appeared in the films Matewan and Songcatcher. In 2011, Dickens died in a Washington, D.C., hospice from complications of pneumonia. She was buried in Princeton, West Virginia, at Roselawn Memorial…
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