Shaped by Sound Catches Up with Alice Gerrard
Where does the music come from? It’s a question that Alice Gerrard began asking before her music career began.
“My relationship to the music was shaped by the music and by the interest in where the music came from… Who were the people that played this music? What did they do in everyday life? Why did they play this song or that tune?”
She’s been ravenous to learn about traditional music singing, playing, and documenting the lore, history, and people involved, and in 2017 she was inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame for her career as an American bluegrass and old-time musician.
Listen to the Shaped by Sound podcast featuring Alice Gerrard. PBS will broadcast her performance on March 13, 2025 at 9:30 pm EST. Learn more about Shaped by Sound and check out the upcoming lineup for the inaugural season.
