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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kristal Kuykendall
February 2019
Hillberry Festival 2019 Lineup Part 1 Unveiled
Hillberry The Harvest Moon Festival 2018, co-hosted by Railroad Earth, has released its first lineup announcement for the October 11-14, 2019, event.
Feb 14, 2019
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Kristal Kuykendall
December 2018
El Dorado Seeks Destination Status via Music
EL DORADO, Ark.
Dec 3, 2018
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Kristal Kuykendall
October 2017
Arkansauce spreads its wings, touring footprint after release of third album
The summer of 2017 was, in many ways, a turning point for Fayetteville-based progressive bluegrass quartet Arkansauce, which is Adams Collins on banjo…
Oct 25, 2017
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Kristal Kuykendall
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
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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
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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
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Kristal Kuykendall
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