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.
Lindsay Starck’s playlist for her novel “Monsters We Have Made”
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"I realize that this may not be the most upbeat playlist, at least on the
surface—but there’s a lot of love here, even when that love isn’t easy. "
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