Remembering Dixie Hall, Songwriter and Philanthropist

Dixie Hall, who died in Nashville on Jan. 16 at the age of 80, took a circuitous route on her way to becoming a highly regarded and prolific country and bluegrass songwriter. The wife of celebrated Nashville songwriter Tom T. Hall, Dixie Hall used her perspective as an English-born admirer of American vernacular music in ways that make clear the shared experiences of all people, beyond geographic borders or cultural barriers.