A self-taught folk legend proves it’s never too late.

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 ...

A self-taught musician, Elizabeth Cotten changed American folk music. The twice-nominated folk musician, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten won her first Grammy at 90 years old. Fiercely proud of her North ...

We all know that so many talented musicians call Central New York home, and that statement was no different for the Grammy award-winning artist Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, who spent her ...