Hazel Dickens died earlier today. I did a post with some slips of her last year (June 5, 2010). A singer and a songwriter—she performed in several great films, including Matewan and Harlan County U.S.A. A couple more videos in tribute to her.
Obituary from The Charleston Gazette.
A video about her from the Folk Alliance International.
A short clip from a couple years ago.
Hot Rize sings a song Dickens wrote "Won't You Come and Sing for Me".
For the finale of today's post, here is the scene from Matewan where Dickens sings "The Gathering Storm". Her singing starts about one minute into the clip.
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