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Garner Music Academy: ‘Make the Music Happen’

11/25/2020

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by Richard Coupe
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Latongya Garner opened Garner Music Academy in December 2019, where she hones others’ crafts. Photo courtesy Garner Music Academy
In her hometown of Pocahontas, Miss., Latongya Garner developed her affinity for music at Baker's Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where she currently serves as music minister.

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Mississippi Boychoir Adapts, Plans for Fall and Christmas

9/4/2020

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by Jenna Gibson
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The Mississippi Boychoir hones the vocal skills of youths grades 5 through 12. Photo courtesy Mississippi Boychoir
Determined to have a successful season, the Mississippi Boychoir has been working hard to combat the issues that COVID-19 presents, quickly adapting to a virtual platform for auditions and performances.

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Zac Harmon, Raised Under Jackson’s Limitless Sky

5/13/2020

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by Nate Schumann
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Zac Harmon held onto his traditional southern values during his careers in music and finance. Photo courtesy Darren Carroll
Zac Harmon may have left Jackson in his adult years to bolster his career as an award-winning guitarist, singer and songwriter who specializes in American blues, but he has always kept the lessons learned in his southern upbringing close to his heart.

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Ladies' Night at the 4th Quarter Exchange

12/12/2019

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by Aliyah Veal
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Rapper Unknwn performs for the first time at the 4th Quarter Exchange, a music event that brings artists and consumers face-to-face through performances and networking. Photo by Drew Dempsey
​​JACKSON — Rapper Unknwn wore shades, a black hoodie, jeans and an Army jacket, and her mystique matched her name perfectly. The crowd inside Offbeat in midtown formed a stage around her at the 4th Quarter Exchange, a musical event bringing artists and consumers face-to-face through performances and networking.

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Matthew West: Singing, Crying, Connecting

12/12/2019

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by Nate Schumann
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Contemporary Christian music artist Matthew West headlines for the 2019 K-Love Christmas Tour. Photo courtesy Matthew West
​Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, four-time Grammy winner Matthew West, 42, grew up playing baseball but possessing a talent for music that those around him encouraged him to pursue.

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Mississippi Boychoir Brings 'Tidings of Comfort and Joy'

12/12/2019

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​by Torsheta Jackson
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The Mississippi Boychoir prepares for its annual holiday concert, "Tidings of Comfort and Joy." Photo courtesy Joe Ellis
​​A diverse group of young men have spent months preparing to bring holiday comfort and joy to the Jackson area, and it comes to fruition the afternoon of Dec. 14 at St. Philip's Episcopal Church.

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Rapper Vitamin Cea Wants to Bring More Realness To Hip-Hop

9/19/2019

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by Aliya Veal
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Gautier, Miss., rapper Vitamin Cea said she wants to instill an understanding and honor of being from Mississippi in her music. Photo by Alexander FRE$CO
​When Charity Hicks was in eighth grade, her friend Jasira introduced her to Nicki Minaj after Jasira remixed one of Minaj's songs. Hicks loved the remix, and it inspired her to write her own.

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Music and Art at WellsFest 2019

9/19/2019

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by Dustin Cardon
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WellsFest 2019 features live music from a number of local artists and benefits the nonprofit Extra Table. Photo by Greg Campbell
​Malcolm White, the current executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission and co-owner of Hal & Mal's, first organized WellsFest as a way to thank the late Wells United Methodist Church pastor Rev. Keith Tonkel for officiating White's wedding.

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The Road Doesn’t Go on Forever: Medlocke on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Farewell Tour

9/19/2019

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by ​Tom Scarborough
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Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform at the Brandon Amphitheater on Friday, Sept. 27, starting at 6 p.m. Photo by Doltyn Snedden
​Lynyrd Skynyrd may not have been the first southern rock band, but the band of high-school rowdies from Jacksonville, Fla., struck a distinctly different posture than its forebears. The band's 1973 debut album, "Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd," showcased the kind of chip-on-the-shoulder swagger that would later become emblematic of much of the rock music coming out of the South.

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Hal’s St. Paddy’s Day Festival Music Lineup

3/6/2019

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by ​Nate Schumann
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The Southern Komfort Brass Band will perform during this year’s Hal’s St. Paddy’s Festival after the parade on the morning of March 23. Photo courtesy Southern Komfort
​Each year following the Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade, music artists performing live at Hal & Mal's (200 Commerce St.). Here is a rundown on who is playing this year on Saturday, March 23.

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