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OXFORD • A packed crowd clapped along with New Orleans jazz and tapped their feet to synth-pop music as they celebrated Thacker Mountain Radio Hours 25th anniversary at the Powerhouse

R & B singer Effie Burt captured the audience with a variety of blues and jazz tunes during the Thacker

As a young child, Richard Howorth was often gifted books for Christmas from families and friends. However, his ...

A mile-long line for The Lyric. A packed show at Proud Larry’s. The sweet sound of the Yalobushwhackers during a

Richard Howorth has nurtured generations of Southern writers and readers, and changed his home town in the process.

The author is best known for two of his books, North Toward Home and My Dog Skip. The Mississippi Writers Trail has unveiled a new marker honoring Willie Morris and his accomplishments as an author and editor. He best known for two of his books, North Toward Home and My Dog Skip. The marker is l

Pressure from the flushing could cause backflow into residential toilets

The air is filled with a steady anticipation as the long awaited 2022 Double Decker Arts Festival approaches. Streets will

Culture at Crosstown: UM Graduate Helps Lead New Memphis Radio Station WYXR January 11, 2021 The WYXR logo is displayed proudly on the radio station’s wall. Photo provided. Looking out into the central atrium of the massive Crosstown Concourse building in Memphis, new community radio station WYXR has a literal window onto the parade of people passing through the building, as they play a soundtrack to this up and coming neighborhood. WYXR was previously WUMR, the jazz station for the Universi...

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is Back, Featuring Nikki Giovanni and Bobby Rush January 20, 2021 1106 The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, Oxford’s award-winning music and literature show will open its spring season this weekend with two legends: celebrated poet Nikki Giovanni and veteran bluesman, Bobby Rush. Also featured will be Colorado singer-songwriter, Xanthe Alexis. The show is hosted by Jim Dees and Thacker house band, the Yalobushwhackers. The broadcast can be heard this Thursday, Jan. 21,...