Women’s Ballads with Jude Brothers, Carolina Mendoza, and Cindy Woolf *

The ballad tradition has long lived in the kitchens, gardens, and front porches of Ozark women, sung over chores, lullabies, and grief, and passed from one generation to the next. Three contemporary Arkansas songwriters gather to honor that lineage.

Carolina Mendoza, Jude Brothers, and Cindy Woolf each bring their own voice to the form, drawing on traditional ballads from the Anglo-American songbook and the Ozark repertoire while contributing original songs in that lineage. The result is a conversation across generations, voices, and styles, anchored in the shared understanding that the women’s ballad tradition is a living one.

ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.