Born and raised in Cleburne County, Arkansas, she learned music from her father, a fiddler and singing teacher. She collected and sang traditional ballads throughout her life, usually unaccompanied. Introduced to a wider public by folklorist John Quincy Wolfe and musicologist Alan Lomax, Riddle recorded extensively, and claimed to be able to perform over 500 songs.
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Marty Ross-Dolen’s music playlist for her memoir Always There, Always Gone
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"Music plays a significant role in my memoir. It is used to set scene, to
harken back to a time and place, to suggest mood, and to foster familiarity
and c...
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