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Poverty drove the Dickens to move to the Baltimore, Maryland area when Hazel was nineteen. There she met Mike Seeger , younger brother of Pete Seeger and founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers and became active in the Baltimore- Washington area bluegrass and folk music scene during the 1960s. During this time she also established a collaborative relationship with Mike Seeger 's wife, Alice Gerrard , and as "Hazel & Alice" recorded two albums for the Folkways label: "Who's That Knocking (And Other Bluegrass Country Music) (1965)" and "Won't You Come & Sing for Me ( 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led)". In this regard, Dickens and Gerrard were bluegrass bandleaders at a time when the vast majority of bluegrass bands were led by men.
Hazel appeared in the documentary Harlan County, USAHarlan County, USA is a 1976 documentary film documenting the efforts of 180 coal-miners on strike in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1974. It was directed by Barbara Kopple, who has long been an advocate of workers' rights. Harlan County, U. is less ambivalen and also contributed four songs to the soundtrack of the same film. She has also appeared in the film Matewan .
Hazel continues to record and perform to this day. Her voice is still among the most powerful and moving of all bluegrass singers, male or female.