With the help of the Seeger family, Libba Cotten recorded an album, toured around the world, and eventually at the age of 90, won a GRAMMY. From “Libba,” ©2018 Laura Veirs. Illustrations by Tatyana ...

Look closely at Libba Cotten’s 1950 Martin guitar, part of the Sounding American Music exhibition at the National Museum of American History, and you may be able to see the unique grooves formed by ...

Cotten's unique style made her an emissary for folk music in its purest form, and also gave her a compelling stage presence. Libba demonstrates her unique “Cotten picking” fingering techniques here, ...

A few heavy drops of rain were falling Tuesday as Dana Klipp got ready to play his guitar. Civic officials in Syracuse had just unveiled a bronze casting of Libba Cotten, a legendary folk singer and ...

Larry Ellis loved to watch his great-grandmother play guitar. She had a few gigs in Syracuse before she died, and wherever she was, he was in the front row. “Anything she did local, I was there, front ...

Every now and then, when I least expect it, I get to hear an artist so unique that I forget that I haven”t heard anything inspiring or “different” in quite a while. Consider Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Elizabeth 'Libba' Cotten was born in Chapel Hill, NC grew up poor but found ways to keep herself entertained. Onondaga Historical Association curator Robert Searing said as a young ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This guitar was made by C.F. Martin ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This guitar was made by C.F. Martin ...