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Almeda Riddle

Almeda Riddle

Almeda Riddle has been played on NTS in shows including Cong Burn, featured first on 30 October 2015. Songs played include My Little Rooster, How Firm A Foundation and Down In Arkansas.

Almeda Riddle (November 21, 1898, Cleburne County, AR, USA - June 30, 1986) was an American folk singer. 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. She was often known as Granny Riddle.

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Almeda Riddle

Almeda Riddle has been played on NTS in shows including Cong Burn, featured first on 30 October 2015. Songs played include My Little Rooster, How Firm A Foundation and Down In Arkansas.

Almeda Riddle (November 21, 1898, Cleburne County, AR, USA - June 30, 1986) was an American folk singer. 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. She was often known as Granny Riddle.

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Most played tracks

My Little Rooster
Almeda Riddle
Doxy2012
How Firm A Foundation
Almeda Riddle
Vanguard1964
Down In Arkansas
Almeda Riddle
Rounder Records1997
Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Almeda Riddle
FACT Magazine2016