The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour will hold a unique fundraiser on Thursday, May 15 at 8 pm when it hosts Thacker-Oke Night at Proud Larry’s. Rather than singing with a cold, lifeless karaoke machine, attendees will have the rare opportunity to showcase their vocal chops onstage with an actual band, the Yalobushwhackers, the cool and…
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The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour performs its show in Taylor, MS this week, Thursday, March 13 at 6 pm. The venue will be Wonderbird Spirits Distillery at 618 County Road 303 (aka Old Taylor Road) Taylor, MS 38673. Admission is free and the public is invited. Early show (6-7 pm) – Plenty of free parking!…
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The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour kicks off its 2025 spring season on Thursday, Feb. 6. at 6 pm at the Powerhouse Arts Center. Guests for the Feb. 6 season premiere will include Memphis poet Maria Zoccola, country songwriter Amber Rae Dunn and Oxford-based blues singer, Edna Nicole. The show is hosted by Jim Dees with…
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You’re invited! The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is hosting its annual membership party on Saturday, Oct. 19, 5-8 pm at Wonderbird Spirits in Taylor, MS, 618 County Road 303, (aka Old Taylor Road) – seven miles south of Oxford. Food, drink, live music! **Silent auction bidding now open: Thacker s Annual Silent Auction. Plenty of…
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Thacker’s back! Oxford’s “Original Literary and Musical Showcase” kicks off its 27th year Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6 pm, at Oxford’s Powerhouse Arts Center. Admission is free and the public is invited. Guests for the Sept. 5 show will include science fiction novelist Tobi Ogundiran with Memphis songwriter Mark Edgar Stuart and blues rocker Peggy…
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The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is truly lit for the month of August highlighted by the return of Jesmyn Ward, the two-time National Book Award winner who will join us on Saturday, August 24 at 7 pm at the Walter Anderson Museum (WAMA) in Ocean Springs, MS. Ticket info/details here. No worries if you can’t…
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The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, the Oxford, MS-based, music and literature program, returns to the Neshoba County Fair on Saturday, July 27 at 8 pm at the Founder’s Square Pavilion stage. Guests will include author/photo-journalist Kate Medley, Grammy-nominated bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Mississippi-native keyboardist/songwriter, Beth McKee. The show is hosted by Jim Dees…
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When the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) gave out their 45th annual awards this June, Thacker Mountain Radio Hour was well represented. Tim Lee, who serves as Thacker’s production director, shared the Music Composition (Contemporary) Award with his wife – and bandmate – Susan. The couple, who record and tour under the name,…
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Summer’s here and we’ve got the buzz! Listen at your leisure! Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Podcast, iHeart Radio. OR on good old-fashioned radio! Catch up – and cool off! – with some of our favorite recent shows, including: Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Night Watch, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (airs weekend of July 11-14) 1980’s…
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Stephen Hundley, a graduate of the Ole Miss MFA writing program, has published his first novel, Bomb Island (Hub City Press). The setting is a barrier island paradise off the coast of Georgia featuring a hippie commune of treehouses, wild horses on the beach, fishing for food, and tranquil sunsets. A Hawaiian shirt come to life….
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