Explore and learn about the world of sound and music found in the Smithsonian Folkways collection from the comfort of your little device. A Field Guide to… the Ozarks was curated by Jason Morris (Smithsonian Folklife Festival) with support from Drew Beisswenger (Performing Arts Librarian, University of Arkansas) and the curatorial team of the upcoming 2023 Festival program The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region.

There are 26 tracks in this compilation, with a total run-time of 75 minutes. Full links to various streams and “curatorial text” can be found here: https://folkways.si.edu/playlist/a-field-guide-to-the-ozarks

Sophie Sachar from Folkways was instrumental in pulling all this Ozarks music together and getting it posted. Sachar is a graduate of Boston University, where she studied mass communication and worked at campus radio station WTBU.