Almeda James Riddle, who was born Nov. 21, 1898, in Cleburne County, was educated by her parents and later said her father, who also sang, taught her to read music before she could read words. Even as ...

The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives is like a portal—to other countries, to the minds of great artists, and to specific moments in time. In March, in celebration of Women’s History Month and the ...

MEET Jesse James. Not Jesse James the train and bank robber, but Jesse James the tragic family man as interpreted by a sweet-voiced grandmother called Almeda Riddle, who says in a little introduction ...

Charles and Ila Riddle from Wichita KS visited Choctaw and the South Fork Nature Center this week to see the old cabin where Charles’s famous grandmother, Almeda Riddle, and three children lived for a ...

Fred High--Joe Bowers--Ranger's command--Lady Margaret and the elf knight--Bow randers; Jimmie Driftwood--Stewball--Golden river--Rosin the bow; Mary Jo Davis--My Johnny--Black Jack Davy--daddy's ...