This week, old-time Appalachian multi-instrumentalists and educators Dan Levenson & Bob Carlin recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park.  Dan and Bob acted as judges at our annual old-time fiddle & banjo contest where they also gave us this masterful evening performance.

“Dan Levenson is an Appalachian native who has grown up with the music of that region.  Today he is considered a respected master teacher and performer of both the clawhammer banjo and Appalachian style fiddle.  Dan performs and teaches regularly throughout the world, including in England, Ireland, Israel and Brazil.  He has taught at many music schools and camps, including in the John C. Campbell Folk School, Mars Hill, Maryland Banjo Academy, The Ozark Folk Center at Mountain View, AR, Banjo Camp North, The Rolland Fiddle Camp and Dan’s own Clawcamp and Old-Time Music instructional weekends held at various locations throughout the country.” - https://clawdan.com/about/  

“Banjoist Bob Carlin has been offering performances, lectures and workshops for over thirty years.  Carlin had largely left the solo arena in the mid-1990s after an invitation to join the band of songwriter John Hartford.  For six years, Bob Carlin toured throughout the United States and Canada with Hartford, even accompanying John on a ten day Japanese sojourn.  Since the death of John Hartford in 2001, Bob Carlin has returned to solo performing, teaching and appearances with other musicians.”
- http://www.bobcarlinmusic.com/teacher+performer/index.htm  

In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, OHR producer Jeff Glover offers an archival recording of Ozark original old-time fiddle champion Shay Pool playing the traditional tune “Grigsby’s,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

In his segment “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins discusses the Ozarks’ influence at the “Festival of Festivals,” the first National Folk Festival held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1934. (Part 4)

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OHR Presents: Dan Levenson & Bob Carlin

This week, in honor of Hispanic history month, OHR presents California based multi-instrumentalists, singers and purveyors of traditional Southwestern American folk music Frank Fairfield & Zac Sokolow recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park.  Also, interviews with Frank & Zac.

Music has the power to transport us to another time and place.  Frank Fairfield loves to harness that power with a broad audience of fellow music lovers and passionate musicians alike.  Ever since a young age, Fairfield has found great joy and satisfaction by being involved in the creative music process.  Frank plays down-home, old time folk music.  He plays fiddle, guitar, banjo and he sings.  Frank has been featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, as well as the PBS documentary series American Epic.  Born in Fresno, California, he now lives in Los Angeles with his wife.
https://www.frankfairfield.net

On this show, Frank will share the stage with the equally adept multi-instrumentalist & singer Zac Sokolow.  Zac is at home on guitar, banjo, fiddle, as well as mandolin.  Sokolow is a founding member of the contemporary Americana band “The Americans,” also featured on PBS’ “American Epic.”  Zac began learning music from his father at an early age, playing bluegrass as a child.
http://www.theamericansmusic.com

In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Frank Ellis performing the tune “Seamus O’Brien,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

Author, folklorist, and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events, and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft.  This episode brings us a portrait of The Meadowcreek Project, a sustainable agriculture & education facility located in the Ozarks.

OHR Presents: Frank Fairfield & Zac Sokolow 2024

This week, Toronto, Canada old time trio The Lonesome Ace Stringband recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park during our annual String Band festival.  Also, interviews with Lonesome Ace founder and banjo player Chris Coole.

“The Lonesome Ace Stringband bring grit, skill and abandon to Americana music, bridging old-time, bluegrass and folk traditions into a seamless hybrid of original material that is at once fresh and timeless.  The trio’s sound is anchored in the fiddle and clawhammer banjo of John Showman and Chris Coole.  They are joined by a rotating cast of extraordinary upright bassists (including founding member Max Malone, James Mceleney, and Lotus Wight).  The band moves freely between a sound so commanding it doesn’t seem like it should be coming from a stringband, to a sparse fragility that draws the listener closer.  Whether singing about climate change, modern love, BBQ techniques or life's inevitable existential crises, the band cuts to the core.  They can also turn and churn out a tune with so much verve that it will make your heart spin and set the dance floor swirling.”
https://lonesomeace.com/about 

In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, OHR producer Jeff Glover offers an archival recording of Ozark original Lisa Wiede singing the cowboy ballad “John Martin Duffy,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.

In this week’s guest host segment, renowned traditional folk musician, writer, and step dancer Aubrey Atwater discusses the seafaring song “Jamestown Homeward Bound.”

OHR Presents: The Lonesome Ace Stringband

On the Edge of Eighteen” is a powerful anthem of youth, dreams, and determination. This song captures the excitement and uncertainty of stepping into adulthood, filled with hope, ambition, and the thrill of chasing the future. From the first step towards independence to the fire within to move mountains, this track is a celebration of embracing change and reaching for the sky. Let the journey begin!

On the edge of eighteen

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[Verse 1]
Midnight gravel under Goodyears hummin’ slow,
Firefly lanterns in the corn rows start to glow.
Card deck sittin’ on the dash, queen of hearts in hand—
But I’ve never been the kind to play what dealers planned.
Boot heels tap the rhythm on an old truck door,
You laugh like creek-water hittin’ red dirt shore.
Back-road breeze smells of diesel, sweet alfalfa hay;
Girl, the moon’s beggin’ us to wander, not to stay.
[Chorus]
Let’s roll where the -- whip poor wills cry,
Kill the headlights, let the stars testify.
Slide off the lane to that rusted river gate,
Turn the dial till we find a Merle Haggard tape.
If daybreak still feels like home—
I’ll shift us back down that ridge-top road,
But if your heart hates sleepin’ alone—
We’ll waltz ’til the rooster crows.
[Verse 2]
You trace constellations on my flannel sleeve,
Talk of hometown rumors you can’t wait to leave.
I ain’t promisin’ a chapel, diamonds, or a vow—
Just porch-swing futures carved somewhere down the line.
Moonshine kisses taste of peaches, corn, and sin,
Steel-string echoes ripple low across your grin.
Tailgate blanket, checkered quilt, crickets keepin’ time;
Two renegade hearts in the clover, barely tow’n the line.
[Chorus]
Let’s roll where the -- whip poor wills cry,
Kill the headlights, let the stars testify.
Slide off the lane to that rusted river gate,
Turn the dial till we find a Merle Haggard tape.
If daybreak still feels like home—
I’ll shift us back down that ridge-top road,
But if your heart hates sleepin’ alone—
We’ll waltz ’til the rooster crows.
[Bridge]
When dawn slings thin arrows through the cedar haze,
We’ll toast to that morning sunrise with creek cold praise.
Laughing at our boot prints looping circles in the dew—
No one but the 
ole
 cow will ever have a clue.
[Final Chorus]
So let’s roll where the whip-poor-wills cry,
Daylight’s jealous but it can’t deny—
Two silhouettes dancin’ by a truck-bed glow,
Merle still croonin’ on the radio.
If Monday calls us back home—
We’ll promise “next Friday” before we go,
’Cause when your wild heart rhymes with my own—
You and me own that back-road show.
[Outro]
Tailpipes whisper, crickets fade,
Moonshine tailgate serenade.

Borrowed Skies, Stolen Nights

The Irish folk repertoire was mostly composed between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by musicians who handed down the music orally.

the green Ireland

How about some Nordic influenced Folktronica? Been working on this one for a bit. Nyckelharpa is such an amazing instrument.
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Kettle hiss. Wobbling chair.
Radiator ticks a crooked pair.
Drips find a lane—steady.
Boots on the mat give back rain.
Thumbnail scores a narrow line.
Your steps—hallway spine.
What we couldn’t say, we set in time.
Light switch clicks. Ready sign.

Hands flat. Listen. Measure is small.
Hold the room steady—follow the fall.
Name every seam the day tore open.
Sew it shut on the offbeat’s turn.

Stamp.
Count me in — two and four.
Heel to the floor — keep it lean.
Say what you mean in the space between.
Stamp.
If yesterday calls, let it lose its claim.
I move with the pattern your hands just made.
I’ll stay where your rhythm’s found.

Two and four — stamp it clean
Heel to the floor — keep it lean
Say what you mean in the space between
Two and four, two and four (two and four!)

Loose screw rattles in the laundry spin.
Pencil-stub list; thumb-smudged grin.
You laugh off-key—lands just right.
Fiddle on the wall warms into night.
We leave a pocket where trouble might grow.
Half-beat back. Let it flow.
What holds is grain. And glue.
Say it in rhythm; I’ll answer you.

Hands flat. Listen. Measure is small.
Hold the room steady—follow the fall.
Name every seam the day tore open.
Sew it shut on the offbeat’s turn.

Downbeat.
Count me in — two and four.
Heel to the floor — keep it lean.
Say what you mean in the space between.
Downbeat.
If yesterday calls, let it lose its claim.
I move with the pattern your hands just made.
I’ll stay where your rhythm’s found.

Old nail taps in the porch-rail breeze.
Train two streets over bends the keys.
Bare feet count the knot in the floor.
Leave what you can’t sing—ask the drum for more.

Stamp. 
Count me in — two and four.
Heel to the floor — keep it lean.
Say what you mean in the space between.
Stamp.
If it’s real, let it carry your name.
I move with the pattern your hands just made.
I’ll stay where your rhythm’s found.

Two and four — stamp it clean
Heel to the floor — keep it lean
Say what you mean in the space between
Two and four, two and four

Two and Four

Are you ready for the fight

“Buggy Boy’s Golden Years” by Dr. Elliot Lach tells the tender story of Buggy Boy, an aging gelding living out his final days in peace at a Kentucky sanctuary. Once a weary cart horse, he found new life and love when Edith, a younger mare, came into his world. Now inseparable, they share endless fields of Kentucky bluegrass, quiet companionship, and a gentle bond that proves it’s never too late for love. With acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo, and soft flute, this heartfelt folk ballad captures the beauty of second chances and golden years. For more info, go to http://Manecharacters.org.

Buggy Boy’s Golden Years

“Hunger for Profit” is a Scottish folk-rock protest anthem written by Derek Gault under AusticZone. Blending raw vocals, bodhrán, fiddle, and slow-march rhythm, it confronts the brutal machinery that turns war and suffering into profit.

This song tells four connected truths about our world:

1. **War as an Industry** – It exposes how the powerful build wealth through destruction, feeding off conflict while ordinary people pay the price. The battlefield becomes a balance sheet, and lives become statistics.

2. **Greed and Corruption** – It condemns those who manipulate nations for personal gain — CEOs, politicians, and warmongers who call cruelty “business.” The lyrics shine a harsh light on the hunger for dominance that drives exploitation.

3. **The Human Cost** – Behind every headline and speech are families, workers, and dreamers left to starve, suffer, and mourn. The song gives voice to those who bear the weight of others’ greed — the ones history too often forgets.

4. **Rebellion and Rebirth** – Out of ashes and exhaustion comes defiance. The final verses transform despair into resolve — a belief that people can rise again, reclaiming the world from those who profit from pain.

This isn’t just an anti-war song — it’s a cry for humanity, solidarity, and truth. A soundscape of resistance that echoes across borders and generations.

Written by Derek Gault  
Performed and produced under AusticZone  

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This track speaks to workers, dreamers, and survivors uniting people through music and resistance. It’s about reclaiming humanity from systems that profit from pain, and finding hope in solidarity.

Hunger for Profit

A country-folk vow to the Rockies—quiet strength, steady steps, and the patience of tree rings. “The Mountain Way” follows a traveler apprenticing their heart to the land: krummholz bending to wind, wildflowers crowding where snows were spent, larkspur lifting from shale and moss.  Built for singalong, soft enough for a night drive, strong enough for a mountain morning

The Mountain Way

Feel-good island-country with a light reggae sway, “Sandbar Choir” tastes like pineapple and sea salt, with rope-swing splashes, painted coolers, and names shouted in harmony. Family-friendly, sun-bright, and simple on purpose: verses lean in close, choruses lift the whole beach. Perfect for lake days, coastal drives, cookouts, and wedding after-parties. If you smile by the first chorus, you’re in the band.

Sandbar Choir

Welcome to a "Hometown Noel."

Chris Manning's new 10-track Christmas album, "Our Hometown King," brings the sacred, biblical story of the nativity from the hills of Bethlehem right to your front porch.

This is a 100% original collection of new Christmas songs, all written to feel as timeless as the classics. It blends the warmth of authentic country music; acoustic guitars, soaring pedal steel, and fiddle; with the joy of a hometown celebration.

From the upbeat, fiddle-driven joy of "Shepherds' Stomp" to the powerful male/female duet of the title track, and the intimate, peaceful worship of the closing "All Is Calm, All Is Bright," this album is the perfect soundtrack for your Christmas season.

If you're looking for music that celebrates the reason for the season with a heartfelt, country sound, you've found it.

Come on in and celebrate "Our Hometown King."

Shepherds' Stomp

Step into a warm Irish village hall at midwinter - lanterns glowing, holly at the door, and the floorboards alive with a joyful reel.

“Reel of the Holly King” is a cozy, danceable Celtic folk-pop tune inspired by the old seasonal legend of the Holly King, keeper of the longest nights. It’s a Winter Gathering–style celebration: soft Irish vocals, fiddle and whistle hooks, bodhrán pulse, and a sing-along chorus made for moving your feet.

If you like gentle Celtic Christmas music with real ceilí energy, tap like/follow and share it with a friend who’d get up and dance.

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Reel of the Holly King (Celtic Christmas Dance)

Crafted for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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am skilled in producing a wide range of musical styles, even those in languages from different cultures. Crafting music is not just a pastime for me, but a passion that brings me great pleasure. If you have a specific genre or style

CYBER CHORD writes songs the way a porch light holds a night: small, steady, and impossible to ignore. I work with AI as a true co-writer, then carve the lyric by hand and shape the track in Suno. The sound leans bare and human—country roots in the soil, a little rock grain in the teeth, and a faith-lit lift that chooses hope without preaching.

These are ordinary-room hymns: rings hidden in cotton, receipt-tape strings, a dress behind rain glass, a sink that cools while you find the words. Silence is an instrument here; sometimes there’s a full bar where the house gets to breathe. If a line can’t survive a campfire and a cracked mug, it doesn’t make the song.

If you’re new, start with the heartbreakers. They don’t shout. They stay. I believe in the holiness of the everyday, and in the quiet bravery of saying the thing before “later” takes it away.

No paid promo, no playlist buys, no cover-art pitches, no dance offers, no cold DMs. If it’s a pitch, the porch light’s off. If you’re a real listener, come in soft: pick one song, leave a genuine note (lyric or timestamp welcome), and hand it to one friend. That’s how this fire stays lit.

May your road stay open, your coffee stay warm, and your day be peaceful.

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Rock n roll has been a fun ride but for now county is calling the soul once again. You can easily navigate genres in the Playlist section.

Strumming their way through heartbreak, hilarity, and highway hijinks, The Artificial Home Wreckers are a country rock band like no other. Born from a chance encounter at a roadside diner with a broken jukebox, these renegades of rhythm specialize in songs that sound like a wild Friday night and feel like a hungover Saturday morning.

Their music is a cocktail of twangy guitars, foot-stomping beats, and lyrics that toe the line between tragic and downright ridiculous. From ballads about exes who "borrowed" their truck (and forgot to return it) to anthems about that one unforgettable karaoke night gone horribly wrong, they’ve got a tune for every lovable misfit out there.

Catch them on tour (if their GPS actually works this time), and remember their motto: “Breaking homes one chorus at a time!”

I’m Orla Callan, a singer-songwriter from Dublin with a love for blending ethereal sounds, folk, and world music. Growing up with musician parents, music has always been my compass. I’m inspired by my Irish roots, travels, and the stories I find along the way. My songs are about exploring the world, embracing its beauty, and getting lost in the magic of sound.

Autistic Adult writing lyrics for songs for healing from PTSD, Domestic Violence, and Coercive Control and seeking Trauma Informed Care For Front Liners. All my songs are FREE, I invite artists to record my songs as long as words not changed and attribution given to AusticZone. Still building this platform so please be patient while I organise things. Bless you

I'm a producer, singer and guitarist.
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Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews, recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas.  In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners on a musical journey with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region.

Nicola Porcu 
artistic name: nikproteus

The contact with music begins as a child listening to hours of music on the radio.
At 7 years he studied piano and began to compose his own songs.
At 15 he studies drums and percussion.
He began a musical career that led him to play in various musical groups throughout Italy.
In the meantime he begins to study composition and work with computer programs.
Over the years he dedicated himself to the study of mixing and mastering and began studying bass and ukulele.
Now after years of experience in the music industry, has a vast musical repertoire of different genres and is dedicated mainly to music for film and video of various kinds, working with several musicians, directors and music platforms.

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