Mississippi Arts Hour

Mississippi Arts Hour | Jimbo Mathus

Larry talks with musician, bandleader and producer Jimbo Mathus. They talk about the upcoming reissue of his 1997 album Plays Songs for Rosetta and the origins of that pr

Mississippi Arts Hour | Laura Kittrell, Showrunner, TV Writer & Executive Producer

This week Leslie talks with television writer, producer, and showrunner, Laura Kittrell. Laura's work includes Insecure, High School, and The Michael J. Fox Show. Her mos

Mississippi Arts Hour | Pianist, Bill Perry

Larry finishes his recent trip to Oxford by visiting with Bill Perry, a jazz pianist and bandleader in the city. Perry tells about his beginnings as a musician,playing in

Mississippi Arts Hour | ELSIE

David travel to Hattiesburg to speak with singer/songwriter Elsie, who is currently competing on America's Got Talent tv show. She tells David about her years growing up

Mississippi Arts Hour | Writer, Larry Wells

Larry talks with Oxford writer Larry Wells about his new book, Backstory: A Literary Life on the Run. Co-authored with his late wife Dean Faulkner Wells, the book highlig

Mississippi Arts Hour | Penny Kemp - Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience

David travels to Meridian to visit with Penny Kemp, President and CEO of the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAEX). They talk about Kemp’s roots in Merid

Mississippi Arts Hour | Musician, Arnie Brenn

This week Larry travels up to Oxford to talk with singer/songwriter Arnie Brenn. Brenn is a Laurel native who creates multi-layered psychedelic influenced rock. They talk

Mississippi Arts Hour | Remembering Calvin Phelps

This week, we’re playing a classic “Arts Hour” show featuring the late Calvin Phelps, founder and longtime director of Pike School of Art who passed away last month. Thro

Mississippi Arts Hour | Scott Barretta

Larry catches up with Scott Barretta, host of Highway 61 on MPB. They talk about a number of things in the current blues scene in Mississippi, including the re-constitute

Mississippi Arts Hour | Brejenn Allen

This week, David visits with painter and visual artist Brejenn Allen from Meridian. They talk about her rural roots and the creative spirit within her family, her studies

Mississippi Arts Hour | Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport

This week, Larry talks with Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport, a 19-year old blues guitarist and Vicksburg native who has been taking the national blues scene by storm. Dave

Mississippi Arts Hour | Jerrod Partridge

Guest host Julian Rankin (Walter Anderson Museum of Art) visits with painter and visual artist Jerrod Partridge from Ocean Springs. They talk about Jerrod’s recent artist

Mississippi Arts Hour | Price Walden

This week, Larry speaks with Price Walden, an Oxford-based composer and musician. Walden received this year’s music composition award from the Mississippi Institute of Ar

Mississippi Arts Hour Classic | Jim Dees (Dec 2016)

To celebrate the Arts Hour’s twentieth anniversary, we’re sharing some classic shows with you. This one from 2016 features two current MPB hosts. Deep South Dining’s Malc

Mississippi Arts Hour | Gavin Bird

This week Larry speaks with Jackson-based muralist Gavin Bird. Bird paints outdoor murals for communities and private companies throughout the state. One of his more nota

Mississippi Arts Hour | Amanda Koonlaba and Erin Mulligan

Have you ever thought about becoming a teaching artist or wondered how you would even begin the process? This week on the Mississippi Arts Hour, Leslie talks with Amanda

Mississippi Arts Hour | Harold Miller

Larry visits with sculptor and ceramicist Harold Miller from Brandon. Miller talks about starting into art while growing up in Vicksburg and the influence of the neighbor

An Arts Hour Extra!

On this episode, Mississippi Poet Laureate Ann Fisher-Wirth speaks with fellow poet Danielle Sellers about the Walt Whitman poem, “I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.”

Mississippi Arts Hour | Marvin Myles

Larry travels to Kosciusko to catch up with Reverend Marvin Myles, Sr, the leader of the Myles Family Singers, a traditional gospel group. He talks about growing up in Fr

Mississippi Arts Hour | Topher Payne

This week on the Mississippi Arts Hour, we sit down with playwright and director Topher Payne to talk about bringing ‘The Attala County Garden Club’ to life on stage at N