Libba Cotten is born, Fannie Farmer revolutionizes cooking, FDR celebrates "Four Freedoms," and TR protects the Grand Canyon.

The music of Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten has never stopped shaping folk, roots, and rock music. More than a half-century after the singer-songwriter’s originals like “Freight Train” and “Shake Sugaree” ...

With the help of the Seeger family, Libba Cotten recorded an album, toured around the world, and eventually at the age of 90, won a GRAMMY. From “Libba,” ©2018 Laura Veirs. Illustrations by Tatyana ...

Syracuse, NY -- When Syracuse dedicated the Libba Cotten Grove on a cold November day in 1983, the guest of honor bundled up in blankets but she didn't stay put. Cotten, then 90 or thereabouts, ...

A few heavy drops of rain were falling Tuesday as Dana Klipp got ready to play his guitar. Civic officials in Syracuse had just unveiled a bronze casting of Libba Cotten, a legendary folk singer and ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The new opera tells the life story of iconic guitarist Libba Cotten, a ...

Elizabeth Cotten grew up in what is now Carrboro, along the railroad tracks on Lloyd Street. Smithsonian Global Sound Elizabeth Cotten, who was born and raised in the area of Chapel Hill now known as ...

FRANKLIN — Franklin Stage Company will present a concert staging of a new opera titled “Libba: Here This Day,” the story of blues and folk icon Libba Cotten Friday through Sunday, Aug. 20 to 22, ...

When Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten was a pre-teen growing up in Chapel Hill, N.C., the self-taught musician wrote a song called “Freight Train.” Many decades later, that song would spill from the lips of ...

A self-taught musician, Elizabeth Cotten changed American folk music. The twice-nominated folk musician, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten won her first Grammy at 90 years old. Fiercely proud of her North ...

American folk and blues musician Elizabeth Cotten, composer of the folk song classic "Freight Train" and recipient of a 1985 Grammy Award at age 93, began her career in music at an age when most ...