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Come Hear NC On Songs We Love: Freight Train

WUNC | By Brian Burns
Published September 27, 2019 at 7:59 AM EDT
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Elizabeth Cotten
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We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. On this episode, folk musician Alice Gerrard talks about Elizabeth Cotten's 'Freight Train.'

"It's simple, but it conjures up beautiful images of after death, hearing that train that you love, and the train is such a feature of Southern music."

WUNC Program Director David Brower and Alice Gerrard.
Credit Russ Henry

On Saturday night at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, an all-star group of musicians pays tribute to the music Alice Gerrard made with Hazel Dickens. Most of the seats are free.

Then on Sunday in Elizabeth Cotten's hometown of Carrboro, there will be free music all over town at the Carrboro Music Festival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUK8emiWabU

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Brian Burns
Brian Burns is the Music Director for WUNC Music, WUNC's AAA music discovery station. He has been working within the local music scene for over a decade. On the weekends you might see him DJing at various spots around the Triangle, or digging through boxes of records. He's also the host of Future Shock on WUNC Music and a contributor to NPR Music. He graduated from UNC’s School of Information and Library Science with an MSLS in 2015.
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