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Today it’s all about Mississippi's music and film.  Our road trip begins in Clarksdale MS for the 11th Annual Clarksdale Film and Music Festival Pandemic Edition, after that we’ll check in with the blues prodigy himself, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram to see what he's been up to. So, hold on tight this is Next Stop MS on MPB Think Radio! For more information on the events and artist we featured on the show visit:Film Festival - Festival Events (clarksdalefilmfestival.com)Christone "Kingfish" Ingram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We made it through one of the toughest years in our lifetime and now it’s time to hit the road for the New Year!! We’ll start our trip in Jackson for the Mississippi Home Show Jackson and speak with Susan Hogue, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Stages Mississippi, and end the trip with Brad Franklin, Founder and Executive Director of the 6th Annual Jackson Indie Music Week, "The Fastest-Growing Indie Music Festival in the South".  Plus, Kamel and I will help you plan your weekend with events happening around the state.   So, hold on tight for our first trip of the new year here on Next Stop MS!!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Well, fall is officially here, the leaves are turning colors, the weather is cooler, and the holidays are right around the corner, so today we’re taking a fall road trip through Mississippi.  We’ll make our first stop at the Two MS Museums and speak with Director Pam Junior, after that, we’ll head to Ocean Springs for the 42nd Annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival and end our road trip in Biloxi for Ron Meyers Christmas City Gift Show. So, hold on tight, cause we’re going on a fun fall ride here on Next Stop MS…    For more information about the places and events we featured on this episode visit;http://give2mississippimuseums.com/ http://peterandersonfestival.com/ http://oceanspringschamber.com/https://christmascitygiftshow.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling the state letting you know about people, places that make Mississippi great! Today we’re bringing you our “Best of Mississippi Cities” series featuring the “Go Cup District” Meridian. We’ll begin our trip with Laura Carmichael, Community Development Director for the city of Meridian, after that, we’ll head to the MAX, Mississippi’s Arts and Entertainment Experience and talk with museum director, Jerome Trahan, and end the show with Meridian’s own country music singer/songwriter, and acoustic guitar player, Daniel Houze, So hold on tight for the Best of Mississippi Cities here on Next Stop Mississippi.For more information on the City of Meridian, the MAX and Daniel Houze visit these links below:https://www.meridianms.org/https://www.msarts.org/https://www.facebook.com/danielhouzemusic/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling around the state letting you know about People, places and events that make MS great! Christmas hasn’t officially begun yet but today we’re speeding up the clock and featuring Holiday light fest around the state. We’re starting this Festival of Lights road trip off in Cleveland for their 50 Nights of Lights then we’ll head to Canton for their Annual “City of Lights” and end the show on the MS Gulf Coast for the Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival.  For more information about events around the state visit our events calendar at http://www.mpbonline.org/mississippi-events/https://www.50nightsoflights.com/https://www.cantontourism.com/https://gulfportharborlights.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 on Next Stop MS we’re making ONE STOP in Jackson to take a closer look at the "City with Soul" music video with Paul Wolfe of Visit Jackson, Jon Salem with The Greater Jackson Arts Council, and the entire creative team, Singer/songwriter, Teneia Sanders, Hip Hop Artist, 5th Child, Producer Taiwo Gaynor and Director, Bryson Hatfield. Plus, Kamel and I will let you know what’s happening in your neck of the woods this weekend. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a Jackson Mississippi Ride here on Next Stop MS!! https://visitjackson.com/https://www.greaterjacksonartscouncil.com/https://teneiasanders.bandcamp.com/https://5thchildmusic.bandcamp.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mississippi is known for many things especially art and festivals so today we’re showcasing "Art Festivals around Mississippi" Our first stop is in Water Valley for the 11th Annual Water Valley Art Crawl, next we’ll head to Ocean Springs for the 41st Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival and end the show in Picayune for the 50th BiAnnual Fall Street Festival. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a Mississippi Arts & Crafts Ride here on Next Stop MS!!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/55944767307/ http://peterandersonfestival.com/https://picayunemainstreet.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today our first stop is with Molly Coker, Community Development Manager with The American Cancer Society to talk about their 2019 Making Strides Walk, next we’ll visit with Lolly Rash of Mississippi Heritage Trust about their upcoming "10 Most Endangered Historic Places" list and end the show with our featured haunted house, “The Dark Zone”. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a ride here on Next Stop MS!!  The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks raise awareness and funds to save lives from breast cancer.The events raise money to fund innovative research, provide free information and support, and to help people reduce their breast cancer risk or find it early when it's most treatable.Learn more here: https://secure.acsevents.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=strides_msabc&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand+-+Cancer+Society+-+BMM&utm_term=%2Bamerican%20%2Bcancer%20%2Bsociety%20%2Bwalk&utm_content=UwAElCM9_dc|pcrid|288122761340|pmt|b|pkw|%2Bamerican%20%2Bcancer%20%2Bsociety%20%2Bwalk|slid||pgrid|32971980430|ptaid|kwd-29686420312|&gclid=CjwKCAjwxaXtBRBbEiwAPqPxcJUFn8ez-cQ4JDq0hpgDmmdEtmeARcgTP6-XfZk2Q2pE7iOBIVOUgRoCdtgQAvD_BwEhttps://www.mississippiheritage.com/http://www.thedarkzone.net/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today it’s all about Halloween fun throughout Mississippi. Our first stop will be in Natchez for their 4th Annual Natchez Witches Ride, next we’ll head to Hattiesburg for Zoo Boo 2019 and end our spooktacular trip on the MS Gulf Coast for our featured haunted house of the week, Terror on the Coast. So hold on tight cause we’re going on a Halloweetown Ride here on Next Stop MS!!  Below is the link to "NextdoorTreat Map" a private social network for your neighborhood. It will help you and your neighbors celebrate the most neighborly holiday of the year. https://nextdoor.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday we’ll travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Today it’s all about Sweet tea, Chili and haunted houses!! Our first stop is in Poplarville for the Sweet Mississippi Tea Festival, next we’ll head to Tupelo for the 20th Annual Chili Fest and end the show in Raymond at the House of the Haunted Fields! For more information about the events we featured on this show and for more events throughout the state visit our events calendar at http://www.mpbonline.org/mississippi-events/https://www.smteafest.com http://www.tupelomainstreet.comhttps://www.facebook.com/houseofthehauntedfields/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday, we'll be traveling across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi great. Our first stop is in Jackson for Oktoberfest at Cathead Distillery, after that, we’ll head to the historic Farish Street district for the 39th Annual Farish Street Heritage Festival and speak with Executive Director Lee King and end the show with MS Rock Combo ‘The Weeks” So hold on tight cause we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS!!  https://catheaddistillery.com/events/oktoberfest/http://www.farishstreetheritagefestival.com/http://theweeksmusic.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us as we travel across the state letting you know about people, places and events that make Mississippi a great. Well fall has officially arrived so today we’ll take a look at some of Mississippi’s best fall festivals. Our first stop is in Laurel for the 10th Annual Loblolly Festival next we’ll head to Jackson for WellsFest 2019 and end the show with Grammy award winning singer/songwriter, Tricia Walker. So hold on tight as we take a Mississippi fall festival ride today on Next Stop MS! Visit these links below to find out more information about events and guests from today's show. http://laurelmainstreet.com/events/loblolly-festival/http://wellschurch.org/wellsfest/wellsfest-2019https://bigfrontporch.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the 20th Annual Susan G. Komen Metro Jackson Race for the Cure next we’ll head to Natchez for 4th Annual Classic European Auto & Motorcycle Show. After that we’ll travel to Tupelo for their Bud & Burgers Competition and end the show with Blues musician, Dexter Allen. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride here on Next Stop MS! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we do every Friday we’ll be traveling across the state letting you know about people places and events that make Mississippi a great place to live. Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson for the 32nd Annual BCBS Taste of MS next we’ll move over to the MS Museum of Art for their “Art Party” 2019. After that, we’ll head to Ridgeland for the 14th Annual Santé South Wine Festival and end the show in Natchez for the 31st Annual Natchez Powwow. So hold on tight because we’re “partying for a purpose" here on Next Stop MS! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.