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On Sunday afternoon, Stephen Koch, the host and co-creator of the weekly public radio program, "Arkansongs," addressed a crowd of music history enthusiasts at the Concert Hall at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Over the next two hours and with just a microphone and guitar, Koch took the audience on a tour through the state's musical history.

On Sunday afternoon, Stephen Koch, the host and co-creator of the weekly public radio program, "Arkansongs," addressed a crowd of music history enthusiasts at the Concert Hall at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Over the next two hours and with just a microphone and guitar, Koch took the audience on a tour through the state's musical history.

Irish label Nyahh captured the sounds of rowdy pub backrooms, the Gentle Good reimagined folk songs from the National Library of Wales and a legend revisited her past

Mr. Jones, a performer himself in his 20s, spent a half-century with the folk festival, as well as with its companion, the Newport Jazz Festival and other events.

On Archangel Hill, memories of the English countryside, Collins' family and friends are embedded in each song, just out of reach for the listener but vivid as sunshine in her mind.