Singer/songwriter and banjo player Kelly Hunt announces the release of her new album OZARK SYMPHONY out today. The new album is the eagerly anticipated follow up to her 2019 Folk Alliance International Album of the Year-nominated release, EVEN THE SPARROW, and fully delivers on that promise.

Once in a while, a musical project comes along that truly captures the spirit of America. It invokes the raw beauty of its landscapes and the tales of those who've walked it. Kelly Hunt’s OZARK SYMPHONY does exactly this. The album, seasoned with tales from the prairie to the deep South, offers listeners a passport to explore the heart of Americana music.

The daughter of an opera singer and a saxophonist, Kelly Hunt was raised in Memphis, TN, and grew up performing other people’s works through piano lessons, singing in choirs, and performing theater. “It was a very creative, artistic household,” says Hunt. During her teenage years, influenced by musical inspirations as diverse as Norah Jones, Rachmaninov, and John Denver, she began writing her own songs on the piano as a creative outlet. After being introduced to the banjo in college while studying French and visual arts, Hunt began to develop her own improvised style of playing, combining old-time picking styles with the percussive origins of the instrument.