Next Stop, Mississippi

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about people, places and events that make MS great! Today it’s all about Books, Business and Music! We’ll start our road trip in Jackson for Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Read Across America Birthday Celebration for Dr. Seuss, next we’re headed to Columbus for the MS University for Women's Music by Women Festival, after that we’ll speak with Funmi Franklin about the 6th Annual Black Business Expo and end the show with our musical guest, Grammy nominated, Mississippi living blues legend, Vasti Jackson.So hold on tight for another great ride here on Next Sop MS!

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great!Today on Next stop we’re giving you an exclusive behind the scenes look into the making of Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s original documentary “Meet Carl Jackson” with guests, Director of Television, John Gibson, Assistant Director, Taiwo Gaynor and veteran radio host and musician, Bill Ellison.

Join me and Kamel as we travel the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great!Today our road trip begins in Oxford with Jessica Lynch to talk about their Pop-up Oxford event, next we’ll head to Clarksdale, and chat with Roger Stolle, about the 10th Annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival and we'll end the show with our musical guest, Blues man Sean “Bad” Apple.So hold on tight for another great ride here on Next Stop MS!For more information about events featured on this episode visit:https://visitoxfordms.com/pop-up-oxford/http://www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com/

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great!Today we’ll start our road trip with Jon Salem, Managing Director with the Greater Jackson Arts Council to talk about their "MS Magic Lessons" with Elizabeth Gilbert event.Next we’ll welcome Rochelle Hicks Executive Director of MS Tourism Assoc and Craig Ray, Director of Visit MS to talk about Tourism Day at the Capitol and “MS Night" at the MS Grammy Museum and end the show with Grammy nominated Mississippi blues phenom Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.So hold on tight because we’re going on a musical ride here on Next Stop MS!For more details on the events featured on today's show visit:https://www.greaterjacksonartscouncil.com/https://dulinghall.ticketfly.com/e/mississippi-magic-lessons-with-elizabeth-gilbert-86596012003/https://mstourism.com/events/legislative-reception/https://www.grammymuseumms.org/events/detail/mississippi-night-20https://www.christonekingfishingram.com/

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great!Mississippi is known as the “Birthplace of America’s Music” and no one knows that better than our guests today. Brad Franklin founder of Jackson Indie Music Week, film maker Phillip Scarborough, singer-songwriter Brynn Corbello and Mississippi’s Hip-Hop female sensation, Vitamin Cea.e’ll talk with them about Mississippi’s music scene and the 2020 Jackson Indie Music Week. Plus Kamel and I will let you know what’s going on this weekend in your neck of the woods.So hold on tight for a Mississippi musical ride here on Next Stop MS!

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great!2019 was an awesome year here on Next Stop MS and 2020 will be no exception.Today we’ll start our trip on the MS Gulf Coast with Jordan Warren, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra to talk about their “Winter Interlude" event. After that we’ll sit down and talk with soulful pop/rock singer/songwriter Seth Power.We’ll discuss his musical journey, his debut album and upcoming concert.So hold on tight cause we’re starting the New Year off right here on Next Stop MS!For more information on our featured guest visit:https://www.gulfcoastsymphony.net/http://sethpowermusic.com/