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Spring/Summer 2012
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  • Freight Train
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    "Freight Train" by Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten

    Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten performs “Freight Train.” Cotten (1895-1987) built her musical legacy on a firm foundation of late-19th- and early-20th-century African American instrumental traditions and fine musicianship. The Smithsonian Folkways album Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (a reissue of her first 1958 LP) features a cover photograph of Cotten by David Gahr.

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Credits

Published June 2012

  • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings acknowledges the contributions and help of the following individuals and organizations in the production of this issue of the magazine:

    Lorna Arndt
    Margaret Asch
    Louise Asselstine
    Stephen Bram
    Blair Brennan
    Olivia Cadaval
    Patricia Campbell
    Susan Colberg
    Barbara Dane
    David Descheneau

    Jim Deutsch
    James Early
    Joan Greer
    Jeri Heiden
    Karen Howard
    Joan Hua
    Andrew Hurley
    Jonathan Kertzer
    Somi Kim
    Ian MacKaye

    Jon McCollum
    John Nixon
    Bernardo Palombo
    Cecilia Peterson
    Jeff Place
    Regula Qureshi
    Adrian Shaughnessy
    Stephanie Smith
    Warren Taylor
    Charlie Weber

 

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