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Forbidden from playing music, a young Elizabeth Cotten — born in 1893 in what is now part of Carrboro — secretly borrowed her brother’s banjo and guitar. She flipped the instruments upside down to ...

A Syracuse folk legend received one of the shortest tributes at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which aired Saturday night on HBO. Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten was inducted in the Rock ...

Musician, family-centric and Carrboro native are all things that encompass the character of Elizabeth Cotten. The Grammy Award-winning artist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. To ...

CARRBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- There are many fabulous artist who have found success but started their career right here in North Carolina. One of those people is Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten. A legendary blues ...

Singer-songwriter Laura Veirs wants kids to know that they can turn things upside down and do things their own way—just like left-handed, GRAMMY Award-winning folk singer Libba Cotten, who played her ...

Is a Syracuse legend the most underrated guitar player of all time? Yes, according to Jason Isbell. Isbell, a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, responded to a social media post on Threads asking who ...

Geri Ashur’s Me & Stella traces the life of blues musician, folk singer, and composer Elizabeth Cotten—and her guitar, Stella—who is best known for writing the folk standard “Freight Train.” After ...

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