Why the 78th Ozark Folk Festival this weekend is worth a trip to Eureka Springs

PLUS: An award-winning Bob Dylan documentary headlines CHARTS Live series kickoff in NLR with a live performance by Justin Bank and the Bijou Boogie…

Sep 2, 2025 • Kristal Kuykendall

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May 2024

Don't sleep on those Tillman brothers, Arkansas' kings of rap and hip-hop

*The audio track below is titled “Work Boots” by earFear, which is 607 and Itsjustbobby.

May 29, 2024 • Kristal Kuykendall

June 2023

Opal Agafia’s 2nd Annual Ozark Mountain Soul Starts Thursday in Eureka Springs

In 2017, about a year after Opal Agafia released her first full-length album and dove head-first into building her career as a musician, she worked the…

Jun 12, 2023 • Kristal Kuykendall

Kstar’s picks for Eureka Springs Blues Party weekend festival

Tonight kicks off the inaugural Eureka Springs Blues Party weekend-long, multi-venue festival, and I’m very excited about a bunch of the acts on the…

Jun 1, 2023 • Kristal Kuykendall

July 2021

Denver-based band with Eureka Springs ties performing in Fayetteville & Eureka

This article originally was published on the author’s music blog, Arkansounds, in July 2021.

Jul 1, 2021 • Kristal Kuykendall

January 2020

The Wood Brothers totally nailed it: Singing About It does, in fact, heal a broken heart

If you get too worried, what you ought to do is sing…

Jan 27, 2020 • Kristal Kuykendall

February 2019

December 2018

El Dorado Seeks Destination Status via Music

EL DORADO, Ark.

Dec 3, 2018 • Kristal Kuykendall

October 2017

August 2017

Opal Agafia carves a niche while creating beautiful Ozarks roots music [2017]

One of Arkansas' newest female voices to command the attention of music fans is also one of the state's most dynamic, unique, and stunning female voices…

Aug 31, 2017 • Kristal Kuykendall

Eureka Springs' Red Oak Ruse Melds Many Influences, Experiences to Create a Fresh Ozarks Folk-Pop Sound [2018]

The members of Red Oak Ruse – the newest progressive folk act to come out of Northwest Arkansas – are not new to playing music full-time; in fact, each…

Aug 28, 2017 • Kristal Kuykendall

ALBUM REVIEW: Red Oak Ruse's Folk-Pop Debut is the New Favorite You've Been Craving [2018]

Red Oak Ruse's self-titled debut album officially releases Sept.

Aug 28, 2017 • Kristal Kuykendall