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Northeast
Mississippi Music
Documentary Project
The
Center and the Mississippi Arts Commission are
working together to gather information about music
traditions in an often-overlooked part of the state.
The Northeast Mississippi Music Documentary Project,
directed by Ole Miss alumnus Wiley Prewitt, is
collecting information on the traditional musicians
and related musical events found in the northeastern
corner of the state.
As
part of the project, the Center recently hosted a
series of concerts at the Lafayette County and
Oxford Public Library. The programs featured
musicians documented by the project and included
music and interviews. Several of the musicians also
performed on Thacker Mountain Radio Show sponsored
by the Center and Square Books.
This
project is supported by funding from the National
Endowment for the Arts’
Folk and Traditional Arts Initiative program. For
more information about the project, contact the
Center at 662- 915-5993 or the Arts Commission at
601-359-6030 or Wiley Prewitt at 662-310-0541.
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