Micah Smith was on the JFP staff from April 25, 2014, until, Jan. 11, 2019, serving as music editor and associate editor.
You can still send gig info to [email protected] and events listings to [email protected].
Recent Commentary
Business
EDITOR'S NOTE: Resolve to Make a Difference, Support Local
Instead of centering my New Year’s resolution on things that just benefit me, I decided to focus on shopping and eating locally as often as possible to help bolster the …
Editor's Note
EDITOR'S NOTE: Breaking the ‘Bucket List’
If I cared to make a bucket list, then Oct. 1 would have checked off one item for me. I got to lead my first workshop, "Making the Most of …
City & County
EDITOR'S NOTE: Finding Community in a Calendar
It is next to impossible to spread the word about every single interesting activity going on in Jackson in any given week, but we are sure trying to put a …
Editor's Note
EDITOR'S NOTE: Lessons in Stepping up from ‘Friday Night Lights’
It may be the peak of the baseball season, but my clear eyes and full heart have been fully set on football, thanks to my latest TV nostalgic kick. For …
City & County
EDITOR'S NOTE: Celebrating, Not Submitting to Mississippi Food
Mississippi has so much great, healthy food already, and I'd love for the rest of the world to realize that we're not just cupcakes, sugar water, grits and danger.
Editor's Note
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mississippi, the Birthplace (and Future) of America’s Music
Maybe there is a problem with just saying we're the "birthplace of America's music." It doesn't really say that the music still lives here.
Business
EDITOR'S NOTE: Show Love for the Local
Each year, on the week of Feb. 14, we party like it's every couple's wedding or dating anniversary on the exact same day. Before February even rolled around, I started …
Editor's Note
The Six-Word Musical Death Sentence
For me personally, I know, like nearly every white man who ever picked up a guitar hath known, that being a singer-songwriter does not make me one in a million. …
City & County
Welcome to (All of) Jackson
With this being the start of a new school year, a lot of newcomers will be arriving in Jackson, some of whom already have an unfair notion of what they …
Editor's Note
Health and Tech Go Hand in Hand
There aren't a lot of life lessons to gain from the 1998 teen horror flick "The Faculty." But when Elijah Wood's character says, "I don't think a person should run …
Recent Stories
Music
Building Up As Cities Burn
To longtime fans, a phoenix may seem like an apt metaphor for Louisiana-native post-hardcore act As Cities Burn, which has returned with a new album after 10 years. However, to …
Music
Shenandoah: Ready & ‘Reloaded’
When the Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo returns to Jackson from Feb. 7 through Feb. 13, another southern institution will be returning with it: Grammy Award-winning country act Shenandoah.
Music
The Magical Music of Harry Potter
For Ron Spigelman, there is just as much magic in a conductor's baton as the wand of any witch or wizard. "Music, in my opinion," he says, "is the true …
Music
The Mississippi Sound—2018 Edition
Mississippi has some incredible musical roots, but the state often does not get enough attention for its current crop of original music, oddly.
Music
The Wonders of 'Wonderland'
Thalia Mara Hall in downtown Jackson has featured plenty of orchestral events over the years, but the latest concert from touring act Cirque Musica plans to do something a little …
Music
Armory Sessions, Unlocked
Layoffs ended up paving the way for Clinton resident Kody Gautier to combine his love of music with his skills as a videographer.
Music
Yayo the Drummer: Making the One-Man Band
Jackson-native musician Matthew Mayberry, better known as Yayo the Drummer, has been performing with Lil Wayne for about two years, but he says that he has worked to promote live …
Books
Cathead’s New Bourbon, Frock Fashions Opens and Lemuria’s ‘Photos with Paddington’
Cathead Distillery’s new bourbon line, Old Soul bourbon whiskey, went on sale in liquor stores statewide on Friday, Nov. 16. Cathead produced 500 cases of Old Soul for this initial …
Person of the Day
Myranda Cozad
Since its debut in 2013, the Scooby Doo truck has become something of an icon at Monster Jam, thanks in part to Myranda Cozad, who has been one of its …
Art
The Man with the Horn and a Brush
Jackson State University is the first university in the United States to host a gallery of Miles Davis' visual artwork, with more than a dozen of his paintings and personal …
