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This week’s excerpt of "I Am Northwest Arkansas" concentrates on folk singer Lead Belly. Host Randy Wilburn talks to Alvin Singh, great nephew of Lead Belly and northwest Arkansas resident. In this excerpt from the conversation, Alvin discusses the legend’s legacy.
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Wild Prairie Winds is an ensemble with members from several different states that will perform this weekend at the Folk School of Fayetteville as well as at the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. The ensemble and Chamber Music of the Ozarks will also host "Chamber Music 101," a free discussion about and demonstration of chamber music. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams sat down with leaders from both organizations to learn more about this weekend's events.
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Texas natives Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood form the two-piece band Trout Fishing in America. They will headline the 76th-annual Original Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs on Friday. They joined Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams over Zoom to speak about pausing their tour during the pandemic and more.
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Singer-songwriter Bonnie Montgomery's upcoming album, “River,” captures a mood of lush country and Americana. The classically trained opera singer knows her way around southern gospel and western swing. Montgomery visited the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio this month to discuss her new album and her varied musical past.
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On today's show, a proposed amendment in Arkansas to remove sales tax for period products. Also, considering what the Ozarks have been, are and might become. Plus, Bonnie Montgomery has country and roots music in her soul, but she’s long loved other music too.
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KUAF Community SpotlightThis week on the Community Spotlight, producer Sophia Nourani spoke with Nancy Paddock, long-time organizer of the Ozark Folk Festival, about this year's events and performers. The Ozark Folk Festival will be taking place Nov. 9 through 11, 2023.
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On today's show, Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center warns of an uptick in minor drug overdoses. Also, news from the legislature, local music and new book about Ozark folklorist Max Hunter.
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Max Hunter traveled across the Ozarks recording folk songs, jokes and idioms. A new book, “Ballad Hunting with Max Hunter: Stories of an Ozark Folksong Collector,” explores his work. We talked with author Sarah Jane Nelson about the book.
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The Kingston Trio is a staple of folk music, and it will be returning to Fayetteville this week. The group's founding members retired in the mid-1960s, and its current lineup have connections to the original artists.
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On today's show, the latest numbers from the Talk Business and Politics/ Hendrix College poll, Sam Walton's career and The Kingston Trio will make their return to Fayetteville this week.