Music in Mississippi

The Lyric

The Lyric

Oxford

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The Lyric in Oxford, Mississippi, is one of North Mississippi’s premier live music venues, hosting various acts throughout the year. The Lyric’s building dates back to the1800s when it was used as a stable owned by William Faulkner’s family. In […]

University of Southern Mississippi Orchestra

University of Southern Mississippi Orchestra

Hattiesburg

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The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, housed within the School of Music, brings students from around the world together through music. Established in 1920, it is the oldest orchestra in Mississippi. With a dynamic selection spanning classical to pop, […]

Mississippi Blues Trail – Mose Allison

Tippo

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Mississippi Blues Trail – Mose Allison Trail Marker Location: Tippo Marker Front: Pianist, vocalist and songwriter Mose Allison was born in 1927 in Tippo, where he often listened to blues records on the jukebox at his father’s service station. In […]

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Mississippi Country Music Trail – Faith Hill

Star

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Faith Hill became a dominant, glamorous face of country music, a major star in the broader pop music market with tens of millions of record sales and multiple awards, and an advocate for her home state and its people. […]

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Mississippi Country Music Trail – Smith County Jamboree

Polkville

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The Smith County Jamboree was a popular bluegrass and country music festival, attracting audiences for more than forty years. Founded in 1972 as the Taylorsville Bluegrass Jamboree, the jamboree would become one of the nation’s longest-running country music festivals. […]

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Mississippi Country Music Trail – T. Tommy Cutrer

Osyka

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Tommy Cutrer was a country and gospel singer and instrumentalist, but his greatest fame came as a radio and television personality from the 1940s through the 1990s. As an announcer on the Grand Ole Opry and other nationally syndicated broadcasts, […]

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Mississippi Country Music Trail – Paul Overstreet

Vancleave

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Throughout the 1980s, Paul Overstreet was one of Nashville’s most prolific and successful songwriters. The Vancleave native penned major hits for George Jones, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, Kenny Chesney, and Alison Krauss, while becoming a chart-topping singer himself. […]

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Mississippi Country Music Trail – Ben Peters

Hollandale

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Greenville native Ben Peters penned fourteen number-one hits in his forty-year career, including three country music classics — “Kiss an Angel Good Morning,” “Daytime Friends and Nighttime Lovers,” and “Before the Next Teardrop Falls.” […]

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Mississippi Country Music Trail – Bobbie Gentry

Greenwood

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Bobbie Gentry’s haunting songs about life in the Mississippi Delta would propel her to become one of the most influential country and pop artists of the 1960s and ‘70s. Her number-one hit “Ode to Billie Joe” is considered one of […]

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Mississippi Country Music Trail – Charley Pride

Sledge

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Charley Pride recorded fifty-two top-ten singles, twenty-eight of them hit the top of the charts. Singing honky tonk songs in his remarkable baritone, Charley Pride became a country music legend and the genre’s most successful African American artist. […]