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Art Remix, ‘Latinized'
Lawn chairs? Check. Blankets? Check. Most importantly, your dancing shoes? Make sure you have these items when heading downtown to Art Remix at the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Art
Conducting a Festival
Four smiling mop-topped men with skinny ties strum guitars to a familiar backbeat. "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah," they confirm in unison as if they really know something. Paul's …
Travelin' Band
Whether he is opening for Eric Church in front of 20,000 people or headlining a Friday night show at Hank's Texas Grille in McKinney, Texas, Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr …
The Sound (Guys) of Music
While many of us attend concerts and festivals to hear great live music, it is common to forget that it's not only the band making great music, but it's the …
Feeling the Grooves
I bought my first record in 2011. My friend and I saw a stack of them in a bin at a second-hand store and decided, on a whim, to buy …
Rockin' for the Puppies
The Unbroken Chain Benefit Concert is going to the dogs––or at least, the proceeds are. On May 31, at 7:30 p.m., the Mississippi Animal Rescue League will host the concert …
Inspiration, Indeed
The melodies of gospel music were a constant staple during my childhood, whether it played softly while my mother read her Bible or my dad sang its refrains while doing …
Summer Festival Guide
As the temperature ratchets up and the youngsters (and not-so-youngsters) taste the sweet freedom of the school year's end, it begins to "officially" feel like summer. To me, summer just …
Ora Reed's Simple Melodies
Ora Reed never thought she'd land in Asia when she struck out from Mississippi as a young adult, but she now calls both Jackson and Japan home. Born and raised …
Rockin' Babies
I love babies. I love the big ones, teeny ones, sweet ones and—best of all—the sleeping ones who belong to someone else.
More Than a Guitarist
Pierre Bensusan is not a guitar player. He is a composer who uses the guitar as his creative instrument, and he does it with complexity, precision and passion matched by …
‘Get Lost While You Can Still Be Found'
On Circus of the Seed's somber, fan-favorite track, "Rain," vocalist and trumpeter Stephen Phillips sings, "I hope that you can swim so that you don't drown/My broken heart is going …
Paul Thorn: Covering
With his 10th album release, "What The Hell is Goin' On?" Paul Thorn is doing things a little differently.
JFP Pick: The Starewells
Newly formed New Orleans-based band The Starewells is bringing their sound north to Mississippi to play with Rooster Blues at Old Tavern this Friday.
