Thursday, Sept. 17 – Big Brass Blowout! Live show/TV taping! Powerhouse Arts Center 413 South 14th St. Oxford, MS
FREE Admission!
Doors: 5:30 pm – Refreshments – Cathead Distillery, Wonderbird Spirits and Red Panther Brewing Co.
Show: 6 pm – Book signing: 7 pm
** NOTE: This show will be filmed by Mississippi Public Broadcasting Television. (Air date TBA) **
Author: Nathaniel Rich – Cloudthief– “A heady, diabolical mix of atmospheric road trip, mad caper, and risky love story” – Booklist
Music: Cash’s Juke Joint – Hot slide guitar from Macon, GA
Music: Kat Miller Band – Violin, classical to funky
Hosts: Jim Dees with our house band, Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhacker Big Band featuring the Thacker Horns and vocalist Damein Wash
Broadcast/online:
Thursday, Sept. 17 – 6 pm (CT) WUMS 92.1 FM University of Mississippi
Thursday, Sept. 24 – 8 am (CT) WYXR 91.7 FM Memphis, TN
Saturday, Sept. 26
5 pm (CT) Mississippi Public Broadcasting
9 pm (CT) Alabama Public Radio
Sunday, Sept. 27
2 pm (ET) WUTC 88.1 FM Chattanooga, TN
3 pm (ET) WUOT | 91.9 FM, Knoxville
2 pm (MT) KNCE 93.5 | Taos, New Mexico
6 pm (CT) Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Archived here (one month): Thacker Mountain Radio Hour / WYXR 91.7 FM Memphis, TN.
In Nathaniel Rich’s new novel, Cloudthief, (Macmillian) Tim is a disillusioned climate journalist. Virginia is an evasive, paranoid, and technologically savvy con artist. Joined by desire and desperation, they hatch a plan to steal secrets. But they have secrets of their own—secrets they can’t tell each other, secrets that could destroy them both…
With their last few dollars and some dimestore wigs they set out for the outskirts of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the unlikely site of the world’s largest repository of knowledge—a data center the size of a small city—to attempt a brazen heist that, whether they fail or succeed, will change their lives forever.
But the heist is only the beginning….
A Chicago Tribune “Coolest Book of Summer”
“Fast-paced, nimbly plotted action… Top-notch.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Cloudthief is a must-read novel for anyone disturbed about the dubious direction of the 21st century.” — Barry Gifford
Nathaniel Rich is the author of Cloudthief (2026) and three previous novels, all New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice selections: King Zeno (2018); Odds Against Tomorrow (2013); and The Mayor’s Tongue (2008).
Rich is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a frequent contributor to The Atlantic, Harper’s, and The New York Review of Books.
A 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, he teaches at Tulane University and lives in New Orleans.
Macon, GA is a storied music town, home to Little Richard, Otis Redding, the Allman Brothers and dozens more. Angel “Cash” Ocasio, Jr. and his collective, Cash’s Juke Joint, is a worthy addition to Macon’s strong and funky musical lineage.
Ocasio’s debut album is The Road Home (Wild Ivory Records). It includes the single, “Trying to Understand.”
“Ocasio’s instrumental prowess stands out across the 11 tracks on “The Road Home”, but the songs never suffer from overplaying or excessive production. Sure, this record is a guitar junkie’s dream, but Ocasio’s smooth vocalizing and strong songwriting skills never take a back seat to his searing solos.” — Living Blues Magazine
Katrina Miller is a Mississippi-based fiddler, violinist, songwriter, and bandleader whose playing is rooted in classical training and Southern traditions.
After decades elevating other artists, (including 15 years accompanying songwriter Cary Hudson) Katrina is stepping forward with her own band:
Katrina Miller (violin, vocals, songwriter); Shelby Kemp (acoustic/electric guitar/vocals); Richard Dabbs (bass) and Andy Pate (percussion).
