Rhiannon Giddens on Elizabeth Cotten: ‘Her Music Is in the DNA of So Much’ - Rolling Stone

"There are so many of those stories," Giddens says of the late folk pioneer, whose musical contributions were underappreciated for decades before her induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "The ones that are exceptions, like hers, they prove the rule."

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” … [+7026 chars]

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