{"id":1978462,"date":"2025-08-25T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1978462"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:00:23","slug":"ozarks-musicians-cindy-woolf-mark-bilyeu-perform-old-time-songs-at-library-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ozarks-musicians-cindy-woolf-mark-bilyeu-perform-old-time-songs-at-library-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozarks musicians Cindy Woolf, Mark Bilyeu perform old-time songs at Library of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf, a veteran musical duo from the Ozarks known collectively as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/ozarks-folk-duo-spends-week-100400727.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Creek Rocks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">The Creek Rocks<\/a>, returned to Washington, D.C., this week to perform old-time songs at the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their Aug. 21 show was at the Coolidge Auditorium, inside the Thomas Jefferson building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both accomplished singers, Woolf showed off her skills on the banjo while Bilyeu played guitar.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>The Creek Rocks, Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf of Springfield, perform at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Recipients of the 2024 Artists in Resonance Fellowship from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the couple immersed themselves in the field recordings of folklorist Sidney Robertson Cowell, who visited the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks in late 1936 and early 1937.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of the invitation to perform this week, Bilyeu previously said: \u201cWe get to take these songs Sidney Robertson recorded on a repeat journey of sorts, from the nation\u2019s capital to the Ozarks and back again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecreekrocks.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Creek Rocks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Creek Rocks<\/a> was formed in 2015 with a mission to interpret the traditional music of the Ozarks region. The couple, who started collaborating musically more than two decades ago, married in 2013.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Cindy Woolf of the Creek Rocks performs at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/N060GWfl4.BG9.E2nkU0.A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/springfield-news-leader\/c159396b69651c8a7e73392e1df06094\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Cindy Woolf of the Creek Rocks performs at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their debut was &#8220;Wolf Hunter,&#8221; a collection of 16 folk songs from folklorists Max Hunger and John Quincy Wolf, who have ties to their hometowns in the Ozarks. Bilyeu grew up in Springfield and Woolf hails from Batesville, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bilyeu was a founding member of beloved Big Smith, an Ozarks family band.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Creek Rocks <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecreekrocks.com\/#shows-section\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:regularly perform at musician festivals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">regularly perform at musician festivals<\/a> in the region and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They will take the stage Aug. 29 as part of the Pokey LaFarge show at The Regency Live in Springfield.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Mark Bilyeu of the Creek Rocks performs at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ySfwurAoerjQ.O_64GQF3w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/springfield-news-leader\/acd5ac24682346bb97004462122c19b2\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Mark Bilyeu of the Creek Rocks performs at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Upcoming performances include Highlonesome Music Festival, which is Aug. 30 in Chadwick, and the Ozark Folk Festival, which is Sept. 6 in Eureka Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the following weeks, they will be in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. They frequently perform at the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company festivals near Marshfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/ozarks-folk-duo-spends-week-100400727.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ozarks folk duo spends week in DC searching for songs to bring back to Springfield area;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Ozarks folk duo spends week in DC searching for songs to bring back to Springfield area<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Creek Rocks performed July 2023 as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington. They regularly highlight Ozarks songs as contributors to the Ozarkian Folk Chronicles podcast, hosted by Curtis Copeland and Hayden Head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The Creek Rocks, Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf of Springfield, performed at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/9cJuVa9VvUbylmp7fWoR4A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcyMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/springfield-news-leader\/c9980f27b42f48fa660128cb579e6db9\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>The Creek Rocks, Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf of Springfield, performed at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In May 2025, The Creek Rocks released &#8220;Firefly,&#8221; a four-song EP featuring songs written by their friend Nancy Ryan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Springfield News-Leader: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news-leader.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/25\/ozarks-musicians-the-creek-rocks-perform-at-library-of-congress\/85777856007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ozarks musicians The Creek Rocks perform at Library of Congress;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ozarks musicians The Creek Rocks perform at Library of Congress<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf, a veteran musical duo from the Ozarks known collectively as The Creek Rocks, returned to Washington, D.C., this week to perform old-time songs at the Library of Congress. 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