Mississippi Arts Hour
Each week, members of MAC's staff host The Mississippi Arts Hour, a radio program broadcast on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's FM and digital radio networks. The show features interviews with Mississippi artists, musicians, craftspeople, and others involved in arts and culture from around the state. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Show episodes
Lauren Rhoades talks with composer, conductor, and keyboardist Buck McDaniel. Originally from Columbia, MS, Buck is now based in New York City, where he has worked as Music Coordinator on the forthcoming film The History of Sound, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, and conducted a special choral collaboration with
MAC Executive Director David Lewis speaks with Thabi Moyo, the local festival manager for the National Folk Festival. David and Thabi discuss her pursuit and cultivation of the local arts community that has led her to lead the upcoming National Folk Festival, November 7-9, 2025, in Jackson. The National Council on Trad
Maria Zeringue talks with photographer Adam Shemper. Shemper is a native of Hattiesburg, where his most recent exhibition “Light in These Hills: Oxford Mississippi” was on display at Prospect Gallery. He is also this year’s recipient of the Photography Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. If you en
Larry Morrisey visits with veteran southern soul performer and Delta native Nathaniel Kimble. They talk about Kimble's musical roots in the northern Delta, his start with a radio hit, and life on the road in the southern soul circuit. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https
Kristen Brandt talks with Benjamin Morris, poet and author of a newly released poetry collection, The Singing River. Benjamin holds a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh and is a two-time recipient of the Literary Artist Fellowship for poetry. He has also been honored by the Academy of American
Lauren Rhoades talks with poet and fiction writer Olivia Clare Friedman whose most recent collection of poetry, AN ARM FIXED TO A WING, was published by LSU Press. The poems in this book seek out the spiritual elements that haunt the everyday, the divine wing fastened to an earthly arm. Elegies and poems of nostalgia a