Solo Performances & Teaching

Alice Gerrard has performed and taught extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and overseas. She is widely respected as a teacher of southern vocal style which emphasizes the nuances of that style and how to find your voice; old-time fiddle, emphasizing bowing styles and tunes, particularly those of Luther Davis, Tommy Jarrell, Roscoe Parish and other traditional fiddlers who taught her; and Carter Family-style guitar as well as old-time backup rhythm guitar, emphasizing the importance of rhythm, timing, chord choices, and the role of the guitar in the string-band context.

Past engagments include:

Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week
Merlefest
Ozark Folk Center
Swannanoa Gathering
Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp

The Weems Gerrard Band

The Weems-Gerrard Band lives in and around Durham, NC and loves to play classic country/honky tonk as well as their own original songs. The glue that holds the band together is the pure country soul vocals and nail-you-to-the wall harmonies of Alice Gerrard and Mark Weems, founders of the band. Alice and Mark love the old songs and they’re also writing new and original songs—good to listen to—good to dance by!

Past engagments include:

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival
Triangle Folk Music Society
Bynum Country Store

Tom, Brad & Alice

Tom, Brad & Alice are Tom Sauber, Brad Leftwich, and Alice Gerrard—“musicians’ musicians,” known and respected by their peers for their skill, taste, and life-long devotion to the old-time and early bluegrass music they clearly love so well. See their website at www.tombradalice.com.

Past engagments include:

Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
The Focal Point
Autry Museum
Gainsborough Folk Festival
Berklee College of Music

The Herald Angels

The Herald Angels are a trio of women who play and sing traditional southern music. Besides Alice, they include Gail Gillespie of Carrboro, NC, a noted banjoist, fiddler, guitarist and singer who is currently the editor of the Old-Time Herald magazine, and West Virginia’s Kay Justice, a noted singer and guitarist who is known for her work in the mid to late 90s with Ginny Hawker.

Past engagments include:

Florida State Fiddlers Convention
Prism Coffeehouse
Washington DC Folklore Society
Pinecone Concert Series
Shepherd University



Alice Gerrard
1812 House Ave.
Durham, NC 27707
919-824-8232
alice@alicegerrard.com
Masthead photo by Katherine Meehan