Podcasts by Mississippi Arts Hour

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Kate Medley from 2023-12-03T23:00:25

Larry Morrisey visits with photojournalist and native Mississippian Kate Medley. She has just published Thank You Please Come Again, a book of photography that documents life and culture at the sou...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Jennifer Beasley from 2023-11-26T23:00:28

Kristen Brandt talks with Jennifer Beasley, the artistic director for the Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet. She trained with the Twin City Ballet in Monroe, Louisiana and at the University of Kentuc...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Ebony Lumumba from 2023-11-19T23:00:10

David Lewis speaks with Ebony Lumumba, Chair of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival. They discuss her career in literature, early influences in the arts, and her role in the historic Phillis Wheat...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Allie Grant from 2022-04-17T22:00:43

Leslie Barker talks with film and television actor, Allie Grant. You may know her as Isabelle Hodes on Weeds or Lisa Shay on Suburgatory. She also happens to be a Mississippi native. Allie talks...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Scott Billington from 2022-04-10T22:00:21

Larry Morrisey talks with Grammy Award-winning music producer Scott Billington, who has a new book out on University of Mississippi Press on his career producing southern roots musicians. He det...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Paul Fayard and Ron Lindsey from 2022-03-27T22:00:05

Malcolm White guest hosts the show and visits with painters Paul Fayard and Ron Lindsey. Both live in Clinton, Mississippi and often paint together on location. They discuss their individual sty...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Alehandro Wooten from 2022-03-20T22:00:36

Leslie Barker talks with Alehandro Wooten (Alē), visual artist and Executive Director of the Hattiesburg Arts Council. Alehandro discusses the power of the arts in communities, what it means to ...

Bonus material from 2022-03-11T14:52:50

To celebrate ther exhibition "A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration," this podcast explores conversations with Mississippians on both sides of the Great Migration: those...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Ryan Dennis and Jessica Bell Brown from 2022-03-06T23:00:48

Sarah Story speaks with Jessica Bell Brown and Ryan N. Dennis, co-curators of the exhibition A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, opening at the Mississippi Museum of ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Julia Mortyakova from 2022-02-27T23:00:16

Leslie Barker talks with Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the Mississippi University for Women, Julia Mortyakova. Julia recently received a MAC Performing Arts Fellowship for Pi...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Myrna Colley-Lee from 2022-02-13T23:00:25

Sarah Story speaks with Myrna Colley-Lee, a 2022 Governor’s Arts Awards recipient for Excellence in Costume Design and Arts Patron. Myrna Colley-Lee is an internationally known costume designer ...

An Arts Hour Extra! from 2022-02-03T13:00

Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry Podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Thad Lee from 2022-01-23T23:00:35

Sarah Story talks to Thad Lee, an Oxford-based artist. Lee is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and writer, known for All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (2020) and <...

A Mississippi Arts Hour extra! from 2022-01-20T13:44:01

Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry Podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| The Alcorn State University Jazz Festival from 2022-01-02T23:00:36

Leslie Barker talks to ASU Jazz Festival longtime organizer and ASU music professor, David Miller. This year, the ASU Jazz Festival is being honored with the Governor’s Arts Award for Arts in ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Maurice Carlos Ruffin from 2021-12-26T23:00:58

Sarah Story talks with Maurice Carlos Ruffin, an author and the 2020-2021 John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at The University of Mississippi. He is the author of "We Cast a Shadow," which ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Robert St. John and Anthony Thaxton from 2021-12-12T23:00:23

Malcolm White interviews filmmaker Anthony Thaxton and restauranteur Robert St. John about the newly released “Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of The Islander,” a documentary and ac...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Chuck Galey from 2021-12-05T23:00:56

Leslie Barker interviews artist, illustrator, teaching artist and Greenwood, Mississippi native, Chuck Galey. Chuck will talk about Adventures in the Imagination, an exhibition featuring his origin...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Claire Whitehurst from 2021-11-28T23:00:42

Sarah Story talks with Claire Whitehurst, an Oxford-based painter, printmaker and ceramicist. The two talk about Claire’s techniques and inspirations as well as the new book Mirror Drawings. Publis...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Daniel De Vise from 2021-11-21T23:00:26

Larry Morrisey visits with Daniel De Vise, author of the new biography on BB King (“King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of BB King”). De Vise talks about how King’s childhood shaped his drive to ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Harry Bolick and Tony Russell from 2021-11-14T23:00:47

Melody Moody Thortis talks with Harry Bolick and Tony Russell, authors of the new book "Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920–2018, a new publication from the Univ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Nancy Maria Balach from 2021-11-07T23:00:46

Leslie Barker talks with one of this year’s Performing Arts Fellowship recipients, Nancy Maria Balach. Nancy Maria discusses her life in music, the crucial role of arts in education, and the Univer...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Ellen Daniels and Ralph Eubanks from 2021-10-31T22:00:41

Malcolm White welcomes guests Ellen Rodgers Daniels and Ralph Eubanks. Ellen Rodgers Daniels is the executive director of the Mississippi Book Festival and Ralph Eubanks is an author who presented ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Tom Kersen from 2021-10-24T22:00:29

Larry Morrisey visits with Tom Kersen, a professor at Jackson State University about his new book “Where Misfits Fit: Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks.” The book looks at the distinctive ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| Sophie Glenn from 2021-10-17T22:00:49

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with 2021 MAC Fellowship recipient, Sophie Glenn. Sophie is a furniture maker and steel fabricator who works to explore the relationship between the two. Sophie's wor...

The Mississippi Arts Hour| David Swider from 2021-10-10T22:00:31

Leslie Barker talks with The End of All Music record store owner, David Swider. David tells us about the origins of the original Oxford location and the new Jackson store that just opened up in Fon...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Adrienne Brown David from 2021-10-03T22:00:45

Sarah Story talks with Adrienne Brown David, a painter based in Oxford, Miss. In her work, Adrienne captures black childhood in a way that is pure and uninterrupted, drawing inspiration from h...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Stephen Phillips from 2021-09-26T22:00:36

Larry Morrisey visits with ceramic artist and potter Stephen Phillips from Crawford, Miss. As a child, Phillips created animal figures out of mud and “fired” them in an improvised kiln. He got his ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Eric Stracener from 2021-09-19T22:00:32

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with Eric Stracener. Eric --twice named best singer-songwriter by the Jackson Free Press -- talks about his new album, Ocean Springs and his creative journey throughout ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Treya Brown from 2021-09-12T22:00:10

Leslie Barker talks with one of this year’s Performing Arts Fellowship recipients, Treya Dionne Brown. Treya is a writer and professionally trained film, stage, and voice over actor. Join us as she...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Ming Ying Hong from 2021-09-05T22:00:42

Sarah Story talks with Ming Ying Hong, an interdisciplinary artist based in Starkville. She has exhibited throughout the U.S. and was recently named the South Arts Mississippi State Fellow. A profe...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Bruce Watson from 2021-08-29T22:00:52

Larry Morrisey talks with Bruce Watson from Oxford-based Fat Possum Records about “Memphis ’69,” their newly released documentary film. The film documents the final Memphis Country Blues Festival, ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mississippi Invitational 2021 from 2021-08-22T22:00:24

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with Danielle Burns Wilson, guest curator of the 2021 Mississippi Invitational, the Mississippi Museum of Art’s biennial showcase of 42 visual artists from across the st...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Kiese Laymon from 2021-08-08T22:00:17

Sarah Story talks with award-winning author Kiese Laymon. The two talk about their home state, Laymon’s newly revised and repackaged book “Long Division" and the author’s upcoming appearance at the...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Carolyn Brown and Ellen Ruffin from 2021-08-01T22:00:17

Larry Morrisey talks with Carolyn Brown and Ellen Ruffin, co-editors of "A De Grummond Primer," a new book that examines the extensive children’s literature collection at The University of Southern...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Adam Collier from 2021-07-25T22:00:30

Leslie Barker talks with musician, Adam Collier. Also known as AJC of AJC and The Envelope Pushers and AJC the DJ, he is a man who wears many musical hats. It’s a conversation about Adam’s influenc...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Erin Rockwell from 2021-07-18T22:00:08

Melody Moody Thortis talks to Erin Rockwell, a dancer and choreographer currently serving as a Professor of Dance at Belhaven University as well as the Director of its MFA Program. Erin is also a f...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Ralph Eubanks from 2021-07-04T22:00:38

Sarah Story interviews Ralph Eubanks about his new book, "A Place like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape." They talk about Ralph’s experiences of growing up o...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Igor Iwanek from 2021-06-27T22:00:20

Larry Morrisey talks with musician and composer Igor Iwanek. Iwanek combines academic training in western classical music with longtime independent study of Indian classical music to create music t...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Catherine Pierce from 2021-06-20T22:00:48

Sarah Story speaks with Catherine Pierce, Mississippi’s new Poet Laureate. Pierce has been a professor of creative writing at Mississippi State University since moving to the state in 2007. She rec...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | HC Porter from 2021-06-13T22:00:32

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with H.C. Porter, a visual artist whose work is often recognized due to its unique style and high contrast colors. As a photographer, printmaker and painter, Porter’s wo...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Uproar Theatre Company from 2021-06-06T22:00:21

Leslie Barker talks with Heather Barnes and Heather Bailey about Uproar Theatre Company, Inc.; a new company in Jackson, created by and led by women. Uproar works to create theatre that will i...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Tommy Couch Jr. from 2021-05-30T22:00

Larry Morrisey travels to Malaco Records in Jackson to talk with label president Tommy Couch, Jr. Malaco has just published a large-format book that documents the history of the music label, from i...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Griot Arts from 2021-05-23T22:00:04

Sarah Story speaks with Cali Larson Noland, Griot Youth Program founder, and Leonette Henderson, Griot’s new executive director. Sarah speaks with the two about the founding of Clarksdale-based Gri...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Melissa Mickens from 2021-05-16T22:00:21

Leslie Barker talks with theatre artist and Jackson native, Melissa Mickens. Melissa is an actress, writer, director, producer, and teaching artist based in New York. She is the director of Adler Y...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Kristen Brock from 2021-05-09T22:00:04

Melody Moody Thortis talks with Kristen Brock, Director of Programs and Promotions at Visit Hattiesburg and Director of the Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art. They discuss how Hattiesburg has emb...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Ivan Elezovic from 2021-05-02T22:00:20

Larry Morrisey talks with composer Ivan Elezovic, a professor in the music department at Jackson State and one of this year’s MAC Artist Fellowship grantees. Larry and Ivan talk about his early yea...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Alexis McGrigg from 2021-04-25T22:00:19

Mississippi Arts Commission Executive Director Sarah Story talks with Jackson-based visual artist Alexis McGrigg. They discuss her influences from the Mississippi School for the Arts, her journey f...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Silbrina Wright from 2021-04-18T22:00:40

Melody Moody Thortis speaks to Silbrina Wright, executive director of the Greater Jackson Arts Council (GJAC) about her work at the intersection of the arts and social justice. They talk about the ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Victoria Meek from 2021-04-11T22:00:27

Leslie Barker talks with visual artist and Mississippi Arts Commission Special Initiatives Director, Victoria Meek. They discuss Victoria’s love of museums and how they helped spark her passion for...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Robert Stone from 2021-04-04T22:00:31

Larry Morrisey talks with photographer and folklorist Robert Stone about "Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus!" his new book of photographs documenting the "sacred steel" music tradition. A group of...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Benjamin Saulsberry from 2021-03-28T22:00:01

Sarah Story talks with Benjamin Saulsberry, museum director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner. The two speak about the Emmett Till story and the work of the Interpretive Center. The ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jay Jurden from 2021-03-21T22:00:58

Leslie Barker talks with her former student, Jay Jurden. Jay is a comedian, actor, and writer who was named one of the Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2020 by Vulture. He has appeared on...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Von Gordon from 2021-03-14T22:00:36

Melody Moody Thortis speaks to Von Gordon, the Youth Engagement Manager at the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation about his work to use the arts as a tool to connect and empower you...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Christopher James Ray from 2021-03-07T23:00:56

Larry Morrisey visits with opera conductor Christopher James Ray. Ray is the resident conductor at Opera San Jose and a native of Sumrall, Mississippi. They talk about Ray's career and his recent w...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Ryan Dennis from 2021-02-28T23:00:28

Sarah Story speaks with curator Ryan Dennis about the newly opened Dusti Bongé exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Widely considered to be the first Mississippi artist to work consisten...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jesmyn Ward from 2021-02-14T23:00:23

Leslie Barker talks with this year’s Governor’s Arts Awards honoree for Excellence in Literature, Jesmyn Ward. The first woman to win the National Book Award twice, a recipient of a McArthur Gen...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Arthur Jafa from 2021-01-31T23:00:18

Sarah Story interviews the Governor’s Arts Awards recipient for Excellence in Media Arts, Arthur Jafa. An acclaimed artist, film maker and cinematographer, Jafa has worked to address African Ame...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Nellie McInnis from 2021-01-24T23:00:46

Larry Morrisey talks with 2021 Governor’s Arts Award recipient Nellie McInnis (aka Nellie Mack). McInnis is a Jackson-based bass player and band leader. She has played with several legendary Missis...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Benjamin Wright from 2021-01-17T23:00:23

Leslie Barker talks with GRAMMY award-winning musician and this year’s Governor’s Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement honoree, Benjamin Wright. Wright, a native of Greenville, shares stories about his...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Tutwiler Quilters from 2021-01-10T23:00:43

As part of The Mississippi Arts Commission’s series of interviews featuring the recipients of this year’s Governor’s Arts Awards, Melody Moody Thortis focuses on the work of the Tutwiler Quilters; ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mississippi Folklife from 2021-01-03T23:00:32

Larry Morrisey and his Arts Commission colleague Maria Zeringue discuss the online publication Mississippi Folklife; a MAC project documenting the state’s present-day cultural heritage. Three ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Brian Foster from 2020-12-27T23:00:24

Sarah Story, the new Executive Director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, interviews sociologist and storyteller Dr. Brian Foster about his new book “I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place & the...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Leah Kemp from 2020-12-13T23:00:14

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with Leah Kemp, Director of the Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center at Mississippi State University in Starkville. The Center is a community design center on the campus of M...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jerre Dye from 2020-12-06T23:00:40

Leslie Barker interviews playwright and librettist, Jerre Dye. Jerre is a recipient of the Fellowship of Southern Writers’ Award for Dramatic Literature. His work has been seen at venues such Chica...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Sarah Story from 2020-11-29T23:00:39

Larry Morrisey visits with Sarah Story, the new executive director at MAC.  Story is a Jackson native with family roots throughout the state. She has worked at visual arts museums thro...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | John Ruskie from 2020-11-22T23:00:39

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with artist, canoe builder and river guide, John Ruskey. Owner of Quapaw Canoe Company and former curator of the Delta Blues Museum, John is one of the most experienced ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Chelsea Lovitt from 2020-11-15T23:00:29

Malcolm White talks with singer-songwriter Chelsea Lovitt. A native of Hattiesburg, Lovitt now resides in Nashville, Tenn., where she has recently released her album “You Had Your Cake, So Lie In I...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Rita Brent from 2020-11-08T23:00:17

Leslie Barker talks with comedian, musician, and veteran, Rita Brent. Rita talks about life growing up in Jackson, sharing her Mississippi story with audiences all over the country, and how comedy ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Lawson King from 2020-11-02T00:00:30

Larry Morrisey talks with sculptor and MAC Artist Fellowship grant recipient Lawson King. King is a native of the Delta. He creates public sculpture using steel. His current work was influenced by ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Charlie Worsham from 2020-10-25T14:09:10

Malcolm White talks with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Worsham. A former member of the Old Crow Medicine Show, Charlie Worsham was born in Jackson, Miss., and grew up in Grena...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Candice Saylers from 2020-10-18T15:49:33

Candice Salyers is dance artist based in Hattiesburg and currently serving as Assistant Professor in Dance at the University of Southern Mississippi. Melody Moody Thortis talks to Candice about her...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Bronwynne Brent from 2020-10-11T14:17:24

Larry Morrisey talks with singer-songwriter Bronwynne Brent. The Greenville native has just released “Undercover,” her third album. It was recorded at the legendary Daptone Studio in New York City ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mac McAnally from 2020-10-04T18:41:41

Malcolm White catches up with singer-songwriter Mac McAnally. Malcolm and McAnally, a ten-time CMA Musician of the Year, talk about music, life in Nashville, and the new full-length album, Once in ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Robin Whitfield from 2020-09-27T14:21:48

New host Leslie Barker is MAC’s arts-based community development director. She talks to visual artist Robin Whitfield, a Grenada-based artist whose work is inspired by the natural world. They ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Richard Grant from 2020-09-20T13:50:26

Larry Morrisey visits with writer Richard Grant. Grant, known for "Dispatches from Pluto," his book on his time living in a remote community in the Delta, has just published "The Deepest South of A...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Lawrence Wells from 2020-09-13T15:04:15

Malcolm White speaks with Lawrence Wells, Oxford-based writer about his new book, In Faulkner’s Shadow. Wells is the author of three novels, director of Yoknapatawpha Press in Oxford, and ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Kristen Brandt from 2020-09-06T16:11:21

Melody Moody Thortis speaks to MAC's Director of Arts Industry, Kristen Brandt. In addition to managing MAC's grants to arts institutions across the state, Kristen also manages literary arts relate...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Aimee Nezhukumatathil from 2020-08-30T14:02:47

Larry Morrisey talks with poet and writer Aimee Nezhukumatathil from Oxford. They will talk about her latest book, "Worlds of Wonder." It is a series of essays about Aimee's love of unique animals ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mississippi Museum of Art from 2020-08-23T14:54:32

Malcolm White speaks with Betsy Bradley, director of the Mississippi Museum of Art as well as Ryan Dennis, the Museum’s new chief curator and artistic director of the Center for Art & Public Ex...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jasmine Williams from 2020-08-16T13:53:41

This week on the Mississippi Arts Hour, Melody Moody Thortis speaks to Jasmine Williams, a writer, a creative producer and a social entrepreneur. Jasmine is the creator of Sipp Talk Media, a digita...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Remembering Alvin Fielder with Chad Anderson from 2020-08-09T15:42:02

This week, remembering the late Mississippi jazz drummer Alvin Fielder. Larry talks with Chad Anderson (pictured), one of Fielder's former students, about Fielder's roots in Meridian, his long...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Cary Hudson from 2020-07-12T14:12:33

Malcolm White talks with Cary Hudson, a legendary Mississippi guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for playing in the alt-country band Blue Mountain as well as his solo career. On the remote...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Carol Roark from 2020-07-05T13:43:56

Melody Moody Thortis talks with Carol Roark, a landscape painter and director of the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort(C.A.R.E.) in Charleston, Mississippi.

from 2020-02-23T15:41:37

Highlights of the Governor's Arts Awards ceremony for 2020.

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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Maurice Surrell from 2020-01-19T16:30:18

Larry Morrisey visits with Maurice Surrell of the Jackson Southernaires. The group is celebrating their 80th anniversary this year and they continue to be a popular group on the gospel touring circ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Henry Danton from 2020-01-12T14:33:46

Larry Morrisey talks with ballet master and 2020 Governor's Arts Award recipient Henry Danton. Danton is a native of England and began dancing in London during World War II. Now 100 years-old, he h...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Richard Kelso from 2020-01-05T16:17:18

Malcolm White talks with Richard Kelso, a 2020 Governor’s Arts Award recipient. Kelso is a Cleveland, Miss., native and well-known Mississippi painter whose work focuses on capturing the beauty, ti...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Neil White from 2020-01-02T15:47:19

Malcolm White talks with author and publisher Neil White. Best known for his book "In the Sanctuary of Outcasts," Neil White lives in Oxford where he operates a small publishing company, writes pla...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Yolande van Heerden from 2019-12-29T15:49:14

Larry Morrisey travels to Greenwood to visit with visual artist Yolande Van Heerden. A native of South Africa, Van Heerden has been working and teaching in the mid-Delta for several years. Most rec...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Krista Bower from 2019-12-18T19:18:38

Malcolm White talks with Krista Pieper Bower, chair of the Dance Department at Belhaven University. Krista is also the director of Yazoo City School of Dance. The two talk about the art of dance, b...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jimmy Cajoleas from 2019-12-15T19:20:01

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with author, Jimmy Cajoleas about growing up in Jackson, his writing process and his upcoming book, “Minor Prophets.”

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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Amy Allison from 2019-12-01T16:42

Larry Morrisey visits with Amy Allison, a New York-based singer and songwriter and the daughter of the late Mississippi musical legend Mose Allison. She has helped produce "If You’re Going to the C...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Thabi Moyo from 2019-11-24T15:44:16

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with Thabi Moyo; Thabi is a jewelry maker and works at the Mississippi Film Office. Melody and Thabi got a chance to sit down and talk about growing up in Mississippi, m...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mack Allen Smith from 2019-11-17T15:36:55

Larry Morrisey travels to Greenwood and talks with rockabilly and country music pioneer Mack Allen Smith. Smith got started singing for bands in the Delta as a teenager during the 1950s. He recorde...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Bob May from 2019-11-10T19:30:54

Malcolm White talks with author and broadcaster Bob May. A Newton, Miss. native, May worked in radio broadcasting around the country for many years before returning home several years ago to care f...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Will Jacks from 2019-11-03T15:04:08

Larry Morrisey visits with photographer Will Jacks from Cleveland, Mississippi. His book “Po Monkey’s Portrait of a Juke Joint” has just been published by University Press of Mississippi. The book ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Amie Oliver from 2019-10-27T14:11

Melody Moody Thortis talks with artist, Amie Oliver, a Delta native currently living and working in Richmond, Virginia. The two spoke about her work in ink and water based paintings and her show ca...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Wyatt Waters from 2019-10-20T14:44:03

Malcolm White talks to watercolor artist and keynote speaker for the State Arts Conference Wyatt Waters. Best known for his paintings of Southern culture, Waters is a recipient of a 2010 Governor’s...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Dr. Redell Hearn from 2019-10-13T14:08:25

Melody Moody Thortis talks to Dr. Redell Hearn, Curator of Art and Civil Rights for the Mississippi Museum of Art and Tougaloo College, about Dr. Hearn’s work in the field of Museum studies and her...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Roger Stolle from 2019-10-06T20:19:53

Larry Morrisey visits with Roger Stolle, the owner of Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Arts in Clarksdale. He talks about his latest book, "Mississippi Juke Joint Confidential," which recounts his e...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Tricia Walker from 2019-09-29T14:57:17

Malcolm White talks to Tricia Walker, singer/songwriter and former director of the Delta Music Institute at Delta State University. The two talk about Tricia’s storied career, which includes writin...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Rebekah Stark Johnson from 2019-09-22T14:25:50

Melody Moody Thortis talks with cellist and executive director of the Hattiesburg Arts Council, Rebekah Stark Johnson. Melody and Rebekah speak about learning and performing cello, engaging co...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Raphael Semmes from 2019-09-15T14:58:18

Malcolm White talks to Raphael Semmes, a musician, producer, bandleader, and event organizer. The two friends talk about Raphael’s musical journey and the events he organizes such as Township Jazz ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Talamieka Brice from 2019-09-09T14:44:07

Melody Moody Thortis speaks with artist and activist Talamieka Brice. Talamieka and her husband Charles are co-owners of Brice Media and consider themselves visual storytellers with their work in p...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Bill Ellison from 2019-09-08T14:45:44

Malcolm White talks to Bill Ellison. Bill is a longtime Jackson area musician and since 1992, he has hosted the popular MPB radio program “Grassroots,” which received a Governor’s Arts Award in 201...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jerry Brooks from 2019-08-25T12:55:50

Larry Morrisey visits with musician and songwriter Jerry Brooks. Brooks is a MAC Roster Artist and was awarded an Artist Fellowship Award last month. A native of Jackson, he got his start playing b...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Bobby Rush from 2019-08-18T15:20:09

Malcolm White talks with blues legend Bobby Rush about his newly released album Sitting on Top of the Blues. Now in his eighties, the 2013 Governor’s Arts Award recipient and 2017 ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Leslie Ann Barker from 2019-08-11T15:39:54

Melody Moody Thortis talks to MAC’s new Director of Arts-based Community Development, Leslie Ann Barker. Originally from Clinton, MS, Leslie recently moved back home to Mississippi after spending t...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Remembering Floyd Shaman from 2019-08-04T15:20:43

Remembering the late artist and sculptor Floyd Shaman of Cleveland this week. The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel recently sponsored a show of Shaman’s work. Larry Morrisey attended the exhib...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Antoinette Badenhorst from 2019-07-28T14:45:15

Malcolm White talks to MAC Roster Artist Antoinette Badenhorst. Known for her work in porcelain, Badenhorst has developed her ceramic mastery over the past 20 years in various countries. She has de...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jimbo Mathus from 2019-07-21T14:22:20

Larry Morrisey catches up with musician Jimbo Mathus. He is currently touring to promote Incinerator, his latest album. The record pulls together songs that Mathus has written throughout his career...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mississippi Invitational from 2019-07-14T14:40:03

Melody Moody Thortis talks about the Mississippi Invitational with Dr. Kimberli Gant, guest curator and Betsy Bradley, Director of the Mississippi Museum of Art. The Invitational is a bi-annua...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Claire Holley from 2019-07-07T18:55:26

Malcolm White talks to Claire Holley, a folk musician from Jackson, Mississippi. Holley has recorded several solo albums and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. They discuss her music and h...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | William Goodman from 2019-06-30T15:19:53

Malcolm White talks with William Goodman, a mixed media visual artist and muralist based in Jackson’s Fondren neighborhood. Goodman’s aesthetic is known for its blend of graffiti, collage, and cult...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Michael Ford from 2019-06-23T12:59:06

Larry Morrisey talks with filmmaker and photographer Michael Ford about his new book "North Mississippi Homeplace." While living in Oxford during the early 1970s, Ford documented rural life in Nort...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Hal Jeanes from 2019-06-16T15:51:26

Melody Moody Thortis speak to Hal Jeanes. Hal is a well-known Mississippi based musician, playing in bands such as the Vernon Brothers and the D’Lo Trio for more than twenty years. Melody and Hal s...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Forrest Galey from 2019-06-09T15:09:31

Malcolm White talks with Forrest Galey, Eudora Welty curator for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, about the reissue of the book "Eudora Welty Photographs," published by the Unive...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mary Miller from 2019-06-02T14:19:32

Larry Morrisey talks with Oxford-based writer Mary Miller about her latest novel "Biloxi." A native of Jackson, Miller has received high praise for her previous novel and story collections. Her lat...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Ward Emling from 2019-05-26T14:03:26

Malcolm White talks to Ward Emling, an actor, activist, and longtime director of the Mississippi Film Office. The two discuss film incentives, Emling's return to the stage as an actor, and the rece...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Johnie B. and Iretta Sanders from 2019-05-19T15:21:54

Larry Morrisey visits with Iretta and Johnie B. Sanders, a husband and wife blues duo who have recently settled in Mississippi. Johnie a native of Chicago, and Iretta, originally from Tunica, met i...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Calvin Phelps from 2019-05-12T16:31:20

Melody Moody Thortis talks to Calvin Phelps, the founder and director of Pike School of Art in McComb. They talk about the mission of the School and some of it's recent community outreach programs....

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Cole Furlow from 2019-05-05T14:56:27

Malcolm White talks to Cole Furlow, a singer/songwriter, producer, composer and photographer based in Jackson.  

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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Stacy Howell from 2019-02-25T04:00

Larry Morrisey visits with Stacy Howell, the executive director of the Mary C O’Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs. Howell tells about the history of the building and gives details on the wide ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Remembering James Patterson from 2019-02-18T04:00

An episode remembering the 2019 Governor’s Arts Award recipient for Excellence in Photography and Community Support, James Patterson. Melody Moody Thortis talks to friends and colleagues of the lat...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Bill Ferris from 2019-02-11T04:00

Larry Morrisey talks with folklorist and 2017 Governor’s Arts Award recipient William Ferris about the Grammy nomination for his latest project, a box set of his recordings and films. They also tal...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Ruth Miller from 2019-02-04T04:00

Malcolm White interviews Ruth Miller, textile artist and 2019 Governor’s Arts Award recipient for Excellence in Visual Arts, on Mississippi Arts Hour. Miller is known for her intricate portraits, l...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | New Stage Theatre from 2019-01-28T04:00

Melody Moody Thortis interviews Francine Thomas Reynolds and Dawn Buck of New Stage Theatre. This February, New Stage Theatre will receive a Governor’s Arts Award for Excellence in Theatre. The tri...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Harvey Lee Watkins Jr. from 2019-01-21T04:00

Larry Morrisey interviews Harvey Lee Watkins Jr., leader of the Canton Spirituals, a well known gospel group that will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Governor’s Arts Awards. For...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Carmen Lugo from 2019-01-07T04:00

Melody Moody Thortis talks to Gulf Coast artist Carmen Lugo. They discuss what it’s like being a full-time artist working in mixed media, acrylic and encaustic. Carmen describe her efforts to use v...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Summer Baldwin from 2018-12-31T04:00

Larry Morrisey talks with dancer and choreographer Summer Baldwin. A native of northern Florida, Baldwin has been living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for several years. She is active as a dancer, ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | John Anderson from 2018-12-24T04:00

Malcolm White interviews John Anderson, a Bay St. Louis-area architect and musician. Along with his wife Allison, he helped revitalize Bay St. Louis in the years following Hurricane Katrina with ar...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Ann Madden from 2018-12-17T04:00

Melody Moody Thortis talks to Ann Madden, photographer, graphic designer, mixed media artist, and co-owner of Smith & Lens gallery in Bay St. Louis. Ann and Melody discuss Ann’s early life grow...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Richard Chenoweth from 2018-12-10T04:00

Malcolm White interviews Pascagoula restaurateur Richard Chenoweth, owner of Scranton's Restaurant and Catering.

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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Harrison Scott Key from 2018-12-03T04:00

Larry Morrisey visits with writer and humorist Harrison Scott Key. A native of Rankin County, Key currently teaches at the Savannah School for Art and Design. His latest book, “Congratulations – Wh...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Christopher "Big Yayo" Mabry from 2018-11-19T04:00

Larry Morrisey talks with musician, producer and MAC Roster Artist Christopher “Big Yayo” Mabry. Mabry is best known for his hit southern soul songs “Cowgirl” and “Boots On.” They talk about his fa...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Hank Burdine from 2018-11-12T04:00

Malcolm White interviews Hank Burdine, Mississippi Delta writer and bon vivant. He is the author the new book Dust in the Road: Recollections of a Delta Boy, a collection of his stories from Delta ...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Monique Davis from 2018-11-05T04:00

Melody Moody Thortis talks to Monique Davis, the new director of the Center for Art and Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The Center’s mission is to use original artworks, exhibitio...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Remebering James Patterson from 2018-10-29T03:00

A re-broadcast of a 2011 interview with Jackson photographer James Patterson, who passed away on October 21st. In the show, Larry Morrisey talked with James about the origins of his interest in pho...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jere Nash from 2018-10-22T03:00

Malcolm White talks to author and political consultant Jere Nash. They talk about Nash growing up in Greenville, his work as a political consultant and creating the Mississippi Book Festival.
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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Jim O'Neal from 2018-10-15T03:00

Larry Morrisey visits with Jim O’Neal, co-founder of Living Blues magazine and one of the primary researchers for the Mississippi Blues Trail. They talk about his long career in documenting the blu...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Arden Barnett from 2018-10-08T03:00

Malcolm talks to Arden Barnett, owner of Ardenland, a Jackson-based entertainment company. Arden got his start in the music business at Hal & Mals in the 1980s. The two longtime friends discuss...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Sean Starwars and Anne Campbell from 2018-10-01T03:00

Melody Moody Thortis talks with Sean Starwars and Anne Campbell, MAC Visual Art Fellowship recipients who are featured in Creatures Among Us, an exhibit now on display at the Mississippi Library Co...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Alan Sibley from 2018-09-24T03:00

Larry Morrisey visits with bluegrass musician and bandleader Alan Sibley from Ackerman. Sibley has been playing music professionally since he was a teenager. He and his band are the hosts of “The B...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Barry Leach from 2018-09-10T03:00

Malcolm White talks to longtime Jackson-area musician Barry Leach. They discuss how he learned to play guitar, his musical influences and being a guitar teacher.

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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Anne O’Hara /Barbara-Ann Carver-Hunt from 2018-07-30T03:00

Malcom White talks to artists Anne O’Hara of Jackson and Barbara-Ann Carver-Hunt of Sumrall. The artists are featured in a partnership between the Mississippi Library Commission and the Mississippi...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Terrence Roberts from 2018-07-23T03:00

Larry Morrisey travels to Meridian to talk with Storyteller and MAC Roster Artist Terrence Roberts. Roberts got started telling stories to his children and then got introduced to the world of profe...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | John Howell from 2018-07-16T03:00

Malcolm White interviews John Howell, actor, founder of Fondren Theatre Workshop, and teacher at Whole Schools Initiative-affiliated Casey Elementary.

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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Michael Farris Smith from 2018-04-23T03:00

Larry Morrisey talks with Oxford-based writer Michael Farris Smith about his latest novel, The Fighter. The book follows the story of an aging cage match fighter from the Mississippi Delta who is d...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Roger Cleaves from 2018-04-16T03:00

Malcolm White talks to visual artists Teresay Haygood and Roger Cleaves. Haygood is the currator for a series of exhibitions co-sponsored by the Mississippi Arts Commission and the Mississippi Libr...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Dominic Lippillo from 2018-04-09T03:00

Turry Flucker speaks with Dominic Lippillo. Dominic is among nine visual artists from around the region receiving a State Fellowship from Atlanta, Georgia-based and MAC‘s regional partner South Art...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Robert Damm from 2018-04-02T03:00

Larry Morrisey travels to Starkville to talk with percussionist Robert Damm. Damm is the director of Music Education Partnerships at MSU and is specialist in African percussion. He performs through...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | Amelia Key from 2018-03-26T03:00

Malcolm White talks to Jackson based artist Amelia Key. They discuss her artistic influences, her artwork and her job working with stained glass at Pearl River Glass Studio in Jackson.

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The Mississippi Arts Hour | Mississippi State University Libraries from 2018-03-19T03:00

Larry Morrisey traveled to Starkville to learn about the arts and cultural programs at the Mississippi State University Library. Library staffer Sarah McCullough gives details on these programs, in...

The Mississippi Arts Hour | MAC Grants from 2018-03-12T03:00

Malcolm White talks to Mississippi Arts Commission Grants Director Diane Williams about the grant programs offered through the MAC. They also talk about her work as an artist.

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