You Gave Me A Song offers an intimate portrait of old-time music pioneer Alice Gerrard and her remarkable, unpredictable journey creating and preserving traditional music. The film follows eighty-four year old Gerrard over several years, weaving together verité footage of living room rehearsals, recording sessions, songwriting, archival work, and performances with photos and rare field recordings. Much of the film is told in Alice’s voice and via interviews with musical collaborators and family members who share the story of Alice and others chasing that high lonesome sound.
Production
Intimate verité footage makes you feel like you're on Alice's dusty porch.
Sound
Rare field recordings and living room jams that'll ruin Spotify algorithms forever.
Director
Kenny Dalsheimer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alice was a rare female voice in 1960s bluegrass, releasing groundbreaking albums with Hazel Dickens when the industry barely acknowledged women existed.
Emmylou Harris appears as an interviewee, having cited Alice as a foundational influence on her own country-folk sound.
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