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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I heard Elizabeth Cotten (1895-1987) was going into the Rock Hall, I nearly fell out of my chair! As host of “The Village ...

As a Black woman playing fingerstyle guitar, Yasmin Williams has been hailed as a "hero for a new generation." She says she often felt like an anomaly- until she discovered a YouTube video of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although inducted into the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, her contributions haven't always been properly acknowledged. How Elizabeth Cotten's music fueled the folk revival As a Black woman playing ...

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