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Elizabeth Cotten

Jun 15 2023

Freight Train Blues concert series celebrates Carrboro music legend Elizabeth Cotten


Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: News · Tagged: Aaron Greenhood, carrboro, concert series, Conjunto Breve, Elizabeth Cotten, Freight Train Blues

Apr 05 2023

Women’s History Month: NC musician keeps legacy of blues legend Elizabeth Cotten alive


Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: News · Tagged: Blues, carrboro, Elizabeth Cotten, Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, music, Tamara Scott, Women's History Month

Nov 15 2022

Carrboro legend Elizabeth Cotten inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: carrboro, chapel hill, Dolly Parton, Elizabeth Cotten, Eminem, Lionel Richie, Mandella Younge, Re/Collecting Chapel Hill, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Daily Tar Heel

May 31 2022

Elizabeth Cotten to be enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame   


If her widespread influence counted for as much as it should, Elizabeth Cotten would have made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame long, long ago. But better… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs · Tagged: carrboro, Elizabeth Cotten, Folksongs and Instrumental Guitar, Grammy Award, National Endowment for the Arts

Mar 22 2022

8TH ANNUAL FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES SERIES IS BACK AT CARRBORO TOWN COMMONS


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: carrboro, Carrboro Town Commons, Elizabeth Cotten, Freight Train Blues, Music Makers

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