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Books
A Time to Read
When political consultant and author Jere Nash met his friend Leila Salisbury, director of the University Press of Mississippi, for lunch at Hal & Mal's in the spring of 2013, …
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Grady Champion: New Roots
Grady Champion built his personal recording suite, Backyard Studio, beside his house last June, using equipment that he purchased online from Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Marcel P. Black: Building Bridges
Bryan Marcel Williams, known to fans as hip-hop artist Marcel P. Black, says that he always had music on his mind growing up in the small town of Ardmore, Okla.
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Face the Music: Mal’s St. Paddy’s After-Party
When the floats stop floating and the bead supply runs dry, Mal's St. Paddy's Parade still has more entertainment to offer. Here's a look at the bands that will wrap …
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2015 Artist to Watch: Deez Notez
In a short time, Deez Notez has already created a solid fan base with its ever-adapting set list.
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Lit Highlights September 2014
Fall might mean football season to a lot of people, but the conscientious bookworm knows changing leaves mean that your favorite bookstores are changing their shelves.
Music
Weighing in on ‘Wolves’
Ron Etheridge will likely be a familiar name—and voice—to many Jackson music fans.
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David Bowie
David Bowie died Sunday, Jan. 10, about 18 months after learning he had liver cancer. The world best knew the British pop-culture icon as a genre-spanning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. …
Person of the Day
Augustus Bennett
In the nine months that Augustus Bennett has been an intern with New Stage Theatre, he has developed his acting abilities. Now, he'll be sharpening his skills off the stage …
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No Flaws to be Found in ‘Forcefield’
From the start, I'll admit a bias this time. I've adored the hard-to-pin-down work of Tokyo Police Club of Ontario, Canada, since purchasing the first releases, "A Lesson in Crime" …
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Happy Times with “Days of Abandon”
New York noise-pop band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart creates an easily listenable experience, one with a much more jovial experience than one might expect from an album …
Katrina: Words After the Storm
Here are a few great reads that remind us of the struggles and triumphs in the midst of one of America’s costliest storms, Hurricane Katrina.
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Creating a Culture
Music and worship have been intertwined topics for Chris Quilala, one of the primary vocalists and leaders of the band Jesus Culture, for most of his life.
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Grace Askew: A New Warpath
The Americana realm will be well represented in this year's Stray At Home Art & Music Festival on May 13. The music lineup features nationally known singer-songwriters Marc Scibilia, Joe …
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More Mississippi Sound
While our state's status as "the birthplace of American music" certainly sounds impressive, it doesn't say much about where Mississippi music is today.
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Weeknight Warriors
The immediacy of music is one of the things that I find captivating about living in a city instead of the countryside or, say, a deserted island where the closest …
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An Introduction
If you've picked up one of the last few issues of the Jackson Free Press—and that's likely since you're reading this one—you might have seen one of my music reviews …
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Locked in a Darkroom
I hate to admit my insurmountable shame this early into my career in music journalism, or even this early into my column, but it can't be helped.
City & County
WLEZ-FM Goes Silent, In 'Wait and See' Mode
Jacksonians trying to tune into local FM radio station WLEZ last week may have been surprised to hear silence instead of their favorite American standards and jazz tracks.
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Brandon Mitchell and S.W.A.P.'s "Amazing" Return
For Jackson gospel group Brandon Mitchell & S.W.A.P., a little discouragement has helped pave the way for a greater source of encouragement on their sophomore album, "Amazing."
