Rackensack Folklore Society
Old-time music, kept alive in Little Rock since 1963
The Rackensack Folklore Society, Pulaski County, has met continuously in Little Rock since 1963. Rackensack is an eclectic group of amateur musicians forwarding their mission to preserve and perform the old-time music of the Ozarks. Lively dance tunes, upbeat ragtime, and melodic waltzes are performed on traditional acoustic instruments. Their songs tell stories of the past, and their toe-tapping music will lift your spirits and take you back to an earlier time.
Rackensack’s roots are in Mountain View and began as a vision of a small group of musicians, championed by folk singer, songwriter, and educator Jimmy Driftwood. Driftwood encouraged his friend and fellow folk musician George Fisher, legendary editorial cartoonist for the Arkansas Gazette, to establish a Rackensack Folklore Society chapter in Little Rock in 1963. The Pulaski County chapter has performed folk music all over central Arkansas over the last 60+ years.
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