RISON - As the Rison in the Fall Festival draws near (Oct. 12), rising star Marybeth Byrd joined in on the latest episode of the Free Range Conversations podcast to share some of her musical origins, and what she is looking forward to at this year’s festival. Byrd chats with Festival Director Douglas Boultinghouse, one of the festival’s founders, Roy Phillips, and podcast host and Cleveland County Herald publisher Britt Talent, in this episode. Byrd is a 22-year-old singer songwriter from Armorel, Arkansas who won the Arkansas Country Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year earlier this year. She is known by many for the adventures she set out on at age 17 as she was preparing to graduate high school. In 2019, she made the top eight semifinals on Season 17 of NBC’s The Voice with the help of her coach, John Legend, and mentors Usher and Taylor Swift. Trying the audition process again, she made the top 10 on Season 21 of American Idol in 2023. The singer will perform new music at the festival from her upcoming EP featuring collaborations with Callista Clark and Linda Davis. She also discusses her other adventures in photography and vocal coaching.

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