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.
Nicole Cuffy’s music playlist for her novel O Sinners!
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"Music played a large role in the drafting of this novel. It was music that
kicked off my research, and music kept me pulling forward as the plot
developed...
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