Mississippi Arts Hour

About Mississippi Arts Hour

Each week, members of MAC's staff host The Mississippi Arts Hour, a radio program broadcast on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's FM and digital radio networks. The show features interviews with Mississippi artists, musicians, craftspeople, and others involved in arts and culture from around the state. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

MPB Think Radio

Category

arts · arts · arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jan 2018

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

390 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Mississippi Arts Hour | Craftsman, Fletcher Cox

   Larry visits with Fletcher Cox (https://www.mscrafts.org/news/fletcher-and-carol-cox), a master woodworker and craftsman who lives in the Jackson area. Cox is a past Governor’s Arts Award recipient and current member of MAC’s Artist Roster (https://arts.ms.gov/artist/fletcher-cox/). They talk about his roots as a self-taught craftsman, how his work has evolved over the years and how he has given “new life” to fallen trees as furniture and other items. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Mississippi Arts Hour | Painter, Josephine Alexander

   David visits with the painter Josephine Alexander (https://joalexart.com/) from Ashland, Mississippi. A native of Maine, Alexander runs a small vegetable farm and makes oil paintings. She received an Artist Fellowship grant from MAC this summer. They talk about her roots in the Northeast, coming back to painting after some time away, and her recommendations to would-be artists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   27 Sept 2026

   Mississippi Arts Hour | Musician, Eric Deaton

   Larry talks with longtime north Mississippi blues performer Eric Deaton (https://ericdeatonmusic.com/). A native of North Carolina, Deaton moved to Mississippi in his late teens and learned the Hill Country blues style by playing with the masters of the music, including Junior Kimbrough and R.L.Burnside. Deaton has played with a “who’s who” of blues performers over the years and most recently recorded and toured with The Black Keys, the Grammy award-winning rock group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on Mississippi Arts Hour

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Shelley Ritter
• Greta Koshenina
• Annie Caldwell
• Lauren Rhoades
• Walt Grayson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.2 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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