Forbidden from playing music, a young Elizabeth Cotten — born in 1893 in what is now part of Carrboro — secretly borrowed her brother’s banjo and guitar. She flipped the instruments upside down to ...

The NC-born singer and guitarist performs slamming Southern blues. Born in Rose Hill, North Carolina, Harvey Dalton Arnold took to the musical road in his teens and later toured stadiums with the ...

Callahan Brothers. side 1: Freight Train Blues; side 2: Gonna Quit Drinkin' When I Die (Conqueror 8731). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1936 and released on various American Record ...

Callahan Brothers. side 1: Cowboy Jack; side 2: Freight Train Blues (Banner 6-09-53). 78 rpm. This same coupling was released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels. In 1929, the American ...