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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P Paramita’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Appetite
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"Music plays a big role in the book, and it was a big part of my journey
when writing the book."
17 hours ago
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