Thursday, Oct. 22 – Water Valley, MS! The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour live! 6 pm!
Location: Hendricks Building Water Valley, MS – 102 Main St.
Admission is free and the public is invited.
Doors: 5:30 pm – Refreshments, Cathead Distillery, Wonderbird Spirits and Red Panther Brewing Co. and wine
Show: 6 pm
Hosts: Jim Dees with our house band Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhackers
** NOTE: This show will be filmed by Mississippi Public Broadcasting Television. (Air date TBA) **
Author: Ariel Lawhon – Bestselling historical novelist returns with The Pirate Queen
Music: Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage – Memphis soul/jazz/funk collective
Music: Joe Austin and the Tallahatchies – North Mississippi real country
On air/online:
Thursday, Oct 15 – 6 pm (CT) WUMS 92.1 FM University of Mississippi
Thursday, Oct. 22– 8 am (CT) WYXR 91.7 FM Memphis, TN
Saturday, Oct. 24
5 pm (CT) Mississippi Public Broadcasting
9 pm (CT) Alabama Public Radio
Sunday, Oct. 25
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.
Ariel Lawhon is the author of The Pirate Queen (Doubleday), a sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people.
Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon’s new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities – war and betrayal, to name two – of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became “the Pirate Queen of Ireland.”
“Exhilarating . . . rewards attentive readers…” — Publishers Weekly
Ariel Lawhon is a critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction that includes the mega-seller, The Frozen River.
Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
Lawhon lives in Nashville, TN.
Hope Clayburn’s saxophone, flute chops, and soulful vocals have vaulted her to the forefront of the diverse Memphis music scene.
Her extensive touring includes Brazil where she played a festival focused on African Women from around the world, the “Latinidades Festival” in Brasilia, Brazil.
She also appeared on the iconic music TV show, Austin City Limits, backing up Valerie June for the show’s 40th anniversary.
Her band, Soul Scrimmage, are currently featured on the PBS television show, Sun Studio Sessions.
Her releases include a 6-song EP, Love Is On The Way and the grooving and moving album, Y’all So Loud.
“Is there no Hope- there is, and she will funk you up!” -Relix Magazine
Clayburn, it should be noted, also works as a trauma nurse in the ER of a Memphis hospital.
Fiddler/guitarist Joe Austin is originally from north Mississippi.
After musical stints in Memphis, Nashville and Texas, he returned to Mississippi to team up with his band The Tallahatchies: Brian Sherwood (guitar), Jon Harrison (drums), and Wesley Graham (bass).
Their new single, “Pour Me One More Paul,” is now available.
A full-length album is forthcoming.
