"1986-06-30Z"^^ . "1898-11-21Z"^^ . . "American singer" . "Almeda Riddle"@en . . "Riddle, Almeda"@en . "Almeda Riddle (November 21, 1898 \u2013 June 30, 1986) was an American folk singer. Born and raised in Cleburne County, Arkansas, she learned music from her father, a fiddler and a teacher of shape note singing. She collected and sang traditional ballads throughout her life, usually unaccompanied. Introduced to a wider public by folklorist John Quincy Wolf and musicologist Alan Lomax, Riddle recorded extensively, and claimed to be able to perform over 500 songs."@en . "1898Z"^^ . "solo_singer" . "1986Z"^^ . .