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Almeda C
Almeda may refer to: People *Almeda C. Adams (1865 – 1949), American musician * Almeda Riddle (1898 – 1986), American folk singer Other *Almeda, Houston, Texas *Almeda University, an unaccredited institution *Almeda (song), "Almeda" (song), a 2019 song by Solange Knowles *Almeda (Barcelona Metro), a metro station in Cornellà de Llobregat *Almeda, Cornellà de Llobregat, a neighbourhood of Cornellà de Llobregat, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona *Almeda (album), ''Almeda'' (album), a 2004 album by Cecil Taylor {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeda C
Almeda may refer to: People *Almeda C. Adams (1865 – 1949), American musician * Almeda Riddle (1898 – 1986), American folk singer Other *Almeda, Houston, Texas *Almeda University, an unaccredited institution *Almeda (song), "Almeda" (song), a 2019 song by Solange Knowles *Almeda (Barcelona Metro), a metro station in Cornellà de Llobregat *Almeda, Cornellà de Llobregat, a neighbourhood of Cornellà de Llobregat, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona *Almeda (album), ''Almeda'' (album), a 2004 album by Cecil Taylor {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeda Riddle
Almeda Riddle (November 21, 1898 – 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. She was born Almeda James and was a first cousin twice removed of the outlaws Frank and Jesse James. On a recording of the song " Jesse James" she noted, "I'm sure you've read of Frank and Jesse James. Well, my father's grandfather and their father ( Robert S. James) was brothers. I never was ashamed of the James boys was my cousins, but neither was I proud of it." In old age, she was often known as Granny Riddle. In October 1959, on Wolf's recommendation, Lomax and Shirley Collins recorded Riddle at her home in He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeda, Houston, Texas
Almeda is an area located along Texas State Highway 288 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States that used to be a distinct unincorporated community in Harris County. Almeda is from Downtown Houston. History Dr. Willis King promoted the Almeda area in the early 1880s. The community's name comes from Almeda King, the promoter's daughter. The town, along the International-Great Northern Railroad, functioned as a trading area for agriculture and lumber. In 1893 Almeda, with 50 people, received a post office. Almeda had 200 people, two general stores, and a lumber company in 1914. In 1925 the community had 80 residents. Almeda had four businesses in the 1930s. 1936 state highway maps indicated several buildings in the area. In 1948 the community had 125 residents. In the 1950s Almeda had 20 buildings. Around 1953 the community had 1,750 residents. The post office closed in 1959. By 1960 Almeda residents continued to lack public water and fire dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeda University
Almeda University was an educational accreditation, unaccreditedUnaccredited Post-Secondary Educational Institutions , Maine state government For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit Online education, online university registered on the Caribbean island of Nevis. It offered illegitimate degrees including online certificate programs, general "Life Experience Degrees", and doctorates in religion and theology. Almeda was accredited by the Council for Distance Education Accreditation, the Interfaith Education Ministries (IEM), and the Association for Online Academic Excellence (AOAEX), none of which were recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Almeda University is widely regarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeda (song)
"Almeda" is a song by American singer Solange. It is the ninth track from her fourth studio album, ''When I Get Home''. It features an appearance by American rapper Playboi Carti. The song's title is a reference to Almeda, an area of Knowles' home-town of Houston, Texas. The song was written by Solange Knowles, The-Dream and Playboi Carti and produced by Knowles, Pharrell Williams, and John Carroll Kirby. The song also serves as the vocal debut for record producer Metro Boomin, who provides additional vocals. Composition and lyrics The song's composition utilizes chopped and screwed, a technique of remixing hip hop music which developed in the Houston hip hop scene in the early 1990s. The song's lyrics reference Houston culture and take pride in the "unwavering" nature of African-American culture. The song's opening lyrics "Pour more drank, drank/Sip, sip, sip, sip, sip" reference the recreational drug purple drank, a mixture that became popular in the hip hop community in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeda (Barcelona Metro)
Almeda may refer to: People * Almeda C. Adams (1865 – 1949), American musician * Almeda Riddle (1898 – 1986), American folk singer Other *Almeda, Houston, Texas *Almeda University, an unaccredited institution * "Almeda" (song), a 2019 song by Solange Knowles *Almeda (Barcelona Metro), a metro station in Cornellà de Llobregat *Almeda, Cornellà de Llobregat Almeda is an area of Cornellà de Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain), in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It was constructed in front of Parc de Can Mercader. The neighbourhood originated during the Industrial Revolution and grew substantially with th ..., a neighbourhood of Cornellà de Llobregat, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona * ''Almeda'' (album), a 2004 album by Cecil Taylor {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeda, Cornellà De Llobregat
Almeda is an area of Cornellà de Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain), in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It was constructed in front of Parc de Can Mercader. The neighbourhood originated during the Industrial Revolution and grew substantially with the settlement of migrant workers from other areas of the country during the 1950s. Some of Cornellà's most important companies are located there. Its main business estates are Fira de Cornellà, WTC Almeda Park and the local branch of El Corte Inglés. Almeda has had a railway station since 1912, even though the current one was built in 1985. It is integrated in the Barcelona Metro The Barcelona Metro (Catalan and Spanish: ) is an extensive network of rapid transit electrified railway lines that run mostly underground in central Barcelona and into the city's suburbs. It is part of the larger public transport sys ... network as part of line L8. See also * Mercader Palace Museum References {{DEFAULTSORT:Almeda, Cornella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
