Freight Train Blues, a concert series celebrating the life of blues legend and Carrboro native Elizabeth Cotten, is back for its ninth year this summer. The concert series focuses on traditional folk ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten first started playing music in her childhood, it wasn't until decades later that she truly ...

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 ...