Thacker Mountain Radio Performs ‘Pop Up’ Show This Thursday

The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour will perform a special Pop-Up edition of the show this Thursday, March 17 from 6-7 p.m. at 1309 North Lamar Boulevard in Oxford.

Emcee Jim Dees hosts the Thacker Mountain Radio hour each week.
Photo by Jeff McVay

This week’s show will be hosted by Jim Dees and Thacker house band, the Yalobushwhackers, featuring multi-instrumentalist, Eric Lewis. Food and drink service will be available throughout the show.

This show will not be broadcast live but rather will be recorded for a future airdate.

Melissa Ginsburg is this week’s guest author at Thacker Mountain Radio Hour.
Photo courtesy of Melissa Ginsburg/Facebook

Melissa Ginsburg’s newest book is the novel, Sunset City (Ecco Press), a taut, erotically charged literary noir set in Houston about a woman caught up in her friend’s shocking murder, and the dark truths she uncovers. Ginsburg was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and attended the Iowa Writers Workshop. She is the author of the poetry collection, Dear Weather Ghost, and two poetry chapbooks, Arbor and Double Blind. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Mississippi. Sunset City is her first work of prose.

Jimbo Mathus is one of the guest performers at the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour this Thursday.

Jimbo’s latest CD is the nine-song EP, Band of Storms (Big Legal Mess) to be released on May 9. The album was recorded at Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, not far from Mathus’ home in Taylor. Mathus, known nationally for his work with Buddy Guy and the Squirrel Nut Zippers (who are readying a series of comeback performances), meshes blues, country/gospel and his own brand of honky-tonk into what he calls, “you know, folk music.” Mathus’ most recent CDs include, Blue Healer and Dark Night of the Soul.

Andrew Bryant will perform this Thursday during the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour.

Andrew Bryant, known for his work in the band, Water Liars, has a solo release entitled, This Is the Life (Sleep Records). His previous solo albums include Hook, Magnolia State, The Story Never Told, Galilee and Honeymoon/Blackbird. An Oxford native, Bryant now lives in Water Valley.

The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour can be heard every Saturday night at 7 on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, radio or online: MPBOnline.com.

More information is available at the show’s website: ThackerMountain.com. Photos of past shows can be found on the show’s Facebook page and podcasts can be heard on the show’s Soundcloud page at Soundcloud.com/ThackerMountain.

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