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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Joanna Howard’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Porthole
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"This book was an opportunity to celebrate an interiority deep dive, and
Helena, who is a bit unhinged, and a bit blaring, allows for that hi/lo
clash that...
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