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Sounds like the South

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This semester the Media and Documentary Projects Center has been working with The Center for the Study of Southern Culture to create a radio series called “Sounds of the South.”

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These short profiles will showcase articles from the  New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Music Volume.

MDP’s Joe York and Southern Studies graduate intern Jesse Wright are producing the pieces along with Ted Ownby, Director of the CSSC.  Charles Reagan Wilson,

former CSSC director, and General Editor of the New Encyclopedia is the on-air talent.

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Listen to a sample from the first batch featuring Jelly Roll Morton.

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Sounds of the South

 

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Work continues in the Kinard Audio Studios on the pilot series for a new radio program called “S

ounds of the South”. All semester, MPD intern Nelson Griffin has worked with producer Joe York to create ten 3-4 minutes radio spots based on entries from the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Music Edition. 

Aside from providing production experience and internship credit for Nelson, the spots he’s creating will be the basis of what we hope will be MPD & UM;s widening presence on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. 

Check back later in the semester for examples of Nelson’s completed radio spots on such varied southern musical icons as Jelly Roll Morton, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Southern Culture on the Skids, and many, many more.